THIS IS HOME: Meet the Syrian Child Refugees Behind the Cameras
ABC gave young refugees in the Za'atari camp cameras to document their lives.
— -- ABC News teamed up with UNICEF to give digital cameras to over 50 Syrian children ages 11 to 18 living in the Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan. We asked them to spend a week documenting daily life there. Now we are sharing their stories and their photos with you.
To learn a bit more about some of the young people behind the cameras, here are their profiles, translated from Arabic into English, along with a few of their photos.
What is your name? Ahmad Al-Koud.
How old are you? Just turned 18.
Where in Syria did you live? Al-Harra.
How many years have you been in the Za'atari camp? Two and a half.
What do you want to be when you grow up? My dream is to be a schoolteacher and shape the next generation.
What is your name? Aya Barghash.
How old are you? 16.
Where in Syria did you live? Dara'a.
How many years have you been in the Za'atari camp? Three.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A psychologist, so that I can help people with their problems and worries.
What is your name? Bayan Masri.
How old are you? 17.
Where in Syria did you live? Dara'a.
How many years have you been in the Za'atari camp? Almost four.
How would you describe your life in the camp in one sentence? I don’t want to go back to the war in Syria.
What is your name? Mohammad Nour Al-Abdallah.
How old are you? 16.
Where in Syria did you live? Damascus.
How many years have you been in the Za'atari camp? Almost four.
What do you want to be when you grow up? My dream is to become a building engineer, and what I want even more is to become a soccer player.
What is your name? Reem Al-Hariri.
How old are you? 14.
Where in Syria did you live? Dara'a.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A journalist, because I like to spread news and I think news should be available to anybody.
What is the thing you like most about the Za'atari camp? The security. There is safety here, which is good.
ABC News’ Phaedra Singelis, Jeesoo Park, Ronnie Polidoro, Rym Momtaz, Kirit Radia, Lena Masri, Qossay Alsattari and Armando García contributed to this report.