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title: "What caused the Syrian exodus "
description: "Imagine Amsterdam looking like this... and then think about where you would go."
url: https://www.mathys.to/writing/inspiration/what-caused-the-syrian-exodus-9705/
section: inspiration
published: 2016-03-17
last_updated: 2026-05-04
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# What caused the Syrian exodus 

*Imagine Amsterdam looking like this... and then think about where you would go.*

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