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ALEPPO, SYRIA - APRIL 7: Rüveyda, an elderly woman, displays the traditional "Deq" tattoos marking her hands and face on Thursday, April 7, 2022 in Aleppo, Syria. The ancient "Deq" tattoo tradition of the Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa, Hama and Aleppo countryside survives today only among elderly people like Rüveyda, whose centuries-old markings, etched into their skin with needles in childhood, are fading from memory with time. (Photo by Mehmet Kılıç/LensOne)

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ALEPPO, SYRIA - APRIL 7: Rüveyda, an elderly woman, displays the traditional "Deq" tattoos marking her hands and face on Thursday, April 7, 2022 in Aleppo, Syria. The ancient "Deq" tattoo tradition of the Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa, Hama and Aleppo countryside survives today only among elderly people like Rüveyda, whose centuries-old markings, etched into their skin with needles in childhood, are fading from memory with time. (Photo by Mehmet Kılıç/LensOne)

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