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refugees in Jordan

Um Mohammed, a Syrian refugee hailing from the southern Daraa region, stands in her wedding dress shop in Jordan's Zaatari camp. Expecting another child, Um Mohammed said she opened the shop a year and a half ago to help generate extra income for her grow

This refugee camp in Jordan has turned into a frontier town for Syrians escaping war

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When you think of a refugee camp, what comes to mind? Not avocados and wedding gowns, right? But those are some of the things you can find in Zataari, the Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.

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