Zaatari Refugee Camp — Mandie Garcia

Ahmed and his twin brother, Mohammed stand outside their family’s shelter. They are originally from Homs, Syria. Homs is the third largest city in Syria, following Aleppo and the capital Damascus. The city is formerly known as “the heart of the Syri

A family use a wheelchair to transport groceries from the camp’s central marketplace.

Ahmed’s twin brother, Mohammed, stands between their mother and the curtain hanging from their makeshift window.

Amer’s family stand in the doorway of their shelter

Amer, the oldest brother of Ahmed and Mohammed sits in the common area

Girls stand in the recreational area of a Saudi-intiatiative led school

“Sham” clothing store owned by a family from Damascus. The name of the shop “شام" translates to “Damascus” in colloquial Arabic.

Iraqi-Jordanian translator/fixer, Jinan al Nakshabandy, interviews women in the camp for a research study.

Jinan al Nakshabandy takes a break from work to pray in one of many designated prayer areas located throughout the camp.

A man holds his mobile flip phone and prayer beads as he sits in a dining area waiting for tea.

A grandfather holds his youngest granddaughter in a shaded, outdoor recreational area. The family arrived from Ghouta (Damascus rural) in 2013.

This is a glance at one of the original and poorer districts in the camp, so it lacks a lot of the advanced structures and planning as seen in the later districts. I was visiting one of the camp’s vulnerable case families for an independent photogra

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Ahmed and his twin brother, Mohammed stand outside their family’s shelter. They are originally from Homs, Syria. Homs is the third largest city in Syria, following Aleppo and the capital Damascus. The city is formerly known as “the heart of the Syri

A family use a wheelchair to transport groceries from the camp’s central marketplace.

Ahmed’s twin brother, Mohammed, stands between their mother and the curtain hanging from their makeshift window.

Amer’s family stand in the doorway of their shelter

Amer, the oldest brother of Ahmed and Mohammed sits in the common area

Girls stand in the recreational area of a Saudi-intiatiative led school

“Sham” clothing store owned by a family from Damascus. The name of the shop “شام" translates to “Damascus” in colloquial Arabic.

Iraqi-Jordanian translator/fixer, Jinan al Nakshabandy, interviews women in the camp for a research study.

Jinan al Nakshabandy takes a break from work to pray in one of many designated prayer areas located throughout the camp.

A man holds his mobile flip phone and prayer beads as he sits in a dining area waiting for tea.

A grandfather holds his youngest granddaughter in a shaded, outdoor recreational area. The family arrived from Ghouta (Damascus rural) in 2013.

This is a glance at one of the original and poorer districts in the camp, so it lacks a lot of the advanced structures and planning as seen in the later districts. I was visiting one of the camp’s vulnerable case families for an independent photogra