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AL-KHARAZ, YEMEN- APRIL 2008.The hub of shops and services at Al-Kharaz line a wide dusty street at the heart of the camp that has become jokingly known as ÒAden MallÓ, after the glitzy new shopping centre in the city some three hours away. Here though there are no fancy supermarkets or clothes shops selling imported goods that remain illusive for the refugees, only small windows cut from wire mesh or corrugated iron serving up basic groceries, sodas and samosas. Kiosks painted with the flags of Somalia and Oromia sell qat and provide shade for a few traders selling vegetables laid out on sacks amid the dirt. Less obvious are the money transfer offices and call centres usually distinguished by a world map or the glitzy posters of skyscrapers that they have pinned to the walls. Just behind the shops, a concreted patch surrounded by barbed wire is home to a morning fish market but out in the open desert, it disappears before lunchtime when the heat becomes intolerable. In the cool of the evening, Aden Mall comes to life once again with shoppers and men sipping chai at their regular cafes before heading to the open-air mosque for Maghreb prayers. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Alixandra Fazzina)