A woman stands on the other side of a new bathroom in the “Saudi Camp.” Hundreds of containers (small trailers) were donated by Saudi Arabia to help house Syrian refugees. Each container can hold four people. The camp is built on the outside of the tented community. Many of the containers are occupied by injured Syrians or people trying to avoid the cold and rainy winter weather in Jordan’s desert in Mafraq, Jordan.

Life in Zaatari refugee camp. Mafraq, Jordan. December 2012.

Reporting in Zaatari. Syrians want victory.

Inside Jordan’s Zaatari refugee camp - the children.

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A 10-year old Syrian in Jordan’s Zaatari camp explains, “We don’t like to be called refugees..I don’t like any Syrian to be called a refugee. If someone calls us refugees, we would like to tell them not to call us that, because it makes us sad.”

Victory for President Barack Obama today, only time will tell if and when the Syrian people will see a victory for their country. These refugee children in Jordan’s Zaatari refugee camp hold up their fingers in the now ubiquitous sign of revolution.

She came to Jordan from Syria when she was only a month old, the youngest of a family that I was fortunate enough to spend time with in the Zaatari refugee camp.

V is for Victory in Jordan’s Zaatari refugee camp.