action. It is the universal language that lets you connect with others without even uttering a word. While my rendezvous with photography happened by chance, I am immensely grateful I discovered this world full of
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Zaatari refugee camp, JordanShe was 110 years old, I heard, a Syrian refugee with an amazing attitude and sense of humor and she had just been vaccinated against COVID-19, right inside her residence, a small shelter inside Jordan s Zaatari refugee settlement. When I found her, she was sitting upright, at peace, on top of her bed. Her name was Zahra. A refugee official showed me her ID. They hadn t factored in her most recent birthday: Zahra was
111. Born January 1910. Can you imagine? She s survived all the wars, she s fled the civil conflict in Syria, she s lost her husband, her new life is inside a refugee camp, a pandemic comes, and she s one of the first to get vaccinated?
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