Ambitious and independently-minded, Kheirat, 22, from Dera’a, in Syria has made a new life for herself in Jordan. She works with young people and children in the sprawling Zaatari refugee camp in the desert, and is one of just a handful of young Syrians who has won a scholarship to continue her university studies.
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