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Girls will be girls, even at the Rohingya camp

Staff Correspondent

The dazzling displays of colour emerge amid the mud and monsoon rains of Bangladesh's refugee camps: vibrant flower headbands and elaborately-drawn makeup worn by young Rohingya girls. These girls are among 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who were forced to flee their homes after the military in neighboring Myanmar launched a brutal campaign of violence against the minority group last year. Many left all their cherished belongings behind, and their new lives in the cramped, chaotic camps are devoid of luxuries.

In this 27 June 2018 photo, from left, Ranjeda, 9, Rumana, 10, and Zesmin, 10 pose for a portrait in front of their classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Amid the misery and mud of Bangladesh`s refugee camps, Rohingya girls have found small moments of joy by adorning themselves with flowery headbands and elaborately-drawn makeup. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018 photo, from left, Ranjeda, 9, Rumana, 10, and Zesmin, 10 pose for a portrait in front of their classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Amid the misery and mud of Bangladesh`s refugee camps, Rohingya girls have found small moments of joy by adorning themselves with flowery headbands and elaborately-drawn makeup. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Rumana, 10, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Rumana, 10, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Dil Kayas, 12, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Dil Kayas, 12, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Ranjeda, 9, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Ranjeda, 9, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Shamshoda, 10, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Shamshoda, 10, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Taslima, 10, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Taslima, 10, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Zesmin, 10, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Zesmin, 10, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Astafa, 10, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Astafa, 10, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Wisma Bi Bi, 12, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Wisma Bi Bi, 12, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Nazifa, 10, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
In this 27 June 2018, photo, Nazifa, 10, poses for a portrait in front of her classroom in Chakmarkul refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
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