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The nimble king

By Juliette Kayyem

 |  Globe Columnist  

The Mafraq highway leads away from the capital city of Amman, Jordan, to the border. On the other side is Syria. No one visits there anymore; to be at the checkpoint is a disquieting experience, as if taking one step in would tumble you into a vortex towards hell. The flow of people, the terrified citizens who chose — if choice is the right word — to leave their land is one-way only, to a refugee camp in Jordan.

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