Syrian ‘guests’ of Jordan
Four-year old Tajj stands in his family's rented 2-room apartment, what he and 10 other family members call home until President Bashar Assad's regime falls.
Matthew Kauffman
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Awad, 10, and his brother Talal, 4, gain a short reprieve from the television that is usually set to round-the-clock news broadcasts about Syria with some cartoons. Television is a principal source of entertainment for this family that spends most of their time inside.
Matthew Kauffman
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The family of six — Taym; 4 months, Saif; 20 months, Jana; 6, Tajj; 4 — comes out on their rooftop to escape their cramped apartment. This small space costs 100 Jordanian dinar a month, without water or electricity.
Melissa Tabeek
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Ahmed Hussein Awayer dodged the Syrian government for two and a half months, hiding in homes and farms around his home of Dara'a — all the while with a bullet in his left foot — before he decided to flee to Jordan.
Matthew Kauffman
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