Syrian refugees recreate landmarks from home

Source: UNHCR - Fri, 29 Jan 2016 14:45 PM
Author: UNHCR/Christopher Herwig
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Plastic bags, kebab skewers and discarded wood: Syrian artists living in Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan are using any materials they can find in a project to recreate historic sites from home.

With simple tools and materials found around the camp, a group of artists from the southwestern Syrian city of Daraa have created models of 11 landmarks they fear might be destroyed or have already been damaged in fighting.

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