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"gardens" in Arabic - Basateen is now a slum and, according to the UNHCR, the poorest district in Aden city.
IRIN 2009
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Many of the refugees end up here in a slum known as Basateen, living in makeshift homes and finding what little work they can.
NYT > Home Page By LAURA KASINOF 2011
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Many of the refugees end up here in a slum known as Basateen, living in makeshift homes and finding what little work they can.
NYT > Home Page By LAURA KASINOF 2011
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"They have raided Bayda, Basateen and the Baseya suburbs."
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On a recent day, a crowd of stick-thin young men gathered in front of a Basateen restaurant known for providing free lunch to new Somali arrivals.
NYT > Home Page By LAURA KASINOF 2011
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In Basateen, we looted everything, both my unit and others.
CNN.com 2011
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Sheik Abdul Qader Hussein, a Somali community organizer in Basateen, said that what the new arrivals were fleeing was worse than in the past, and that what they now faced was also worse.
NYT > Home Page By LAURA KASINOF 2011
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On a recent day, a crowd of stick-thin young men gathered in front of a Basateen restaurant known for providing free lunch to new Somali arrivals.
NYT > Home Page By LAURA KASINOF 2011
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Sheik Abdul Qader Hussein, a Somali community organizer in Basateen, said that what the new arrivals were fleeing was worse than in the past, and that what they now faced was also worse.
NYT > Home Page By LAURA KASINOF 2011
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Abdullah Ali, a Somali living in Sweden who was visiting relatives in Basateen, agreed:
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