Omeima Oshan

Omeima Oshan Omeima Oshan, 13, refugee in Za’atari since 2 years Came from Damascus with her family. When shelling started in the area they were living, her mother took the decision to leave, her father was not there, he had been arrested. They took few things, some...

Semira and Elin Ahmed

Semira and Elin Ahmed Semira Ahmed, 12 years old and her little sister Elin, 1 year, from Kobane, refugees in Suruc with her mother and six sisters Her father was killed in Aleppo by the Free Syrian Army. He was a fighter of the YPG, one of the armed Kurdish forces in...

Obeda Al Theeb and Wafaa Al Hariri

Obeda Al Theeb and Wafaa Al Hariri Obeda Al Theeb, 24 and his wife Wafaa Al Hariri, 19, both from Daraa, refugees in Za’atari for the last 3 years They met in the camp, when one day she entered a small mobile phones shop he is running in a crowded and busy street...

Mirghana Seifadin

Mirghana Seifadin Mirghana Seifadin, 7 years old, just returned to Kobane from a refugee camp in Suruc, Turkey She remembers when explosions were loud and frightening, her little dog was afraid and shivering and she used to take him on her lap and caddle him. She was...

Ammar El Khawalda

Ammar El Khawalda Ammar El Khawalda, 15 years old, from a small village near Daraa, refugee in Za’atari camp since 2 years When the bombardments approched his house, he and his family moved to a nearby village. But the war followed them, so they decided to leave and...