The poet of Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. Meet Ziad Ibrahim Abu Oun, a fifty year old Syrian refugee who lost his leg after barrel bombs were dropped near his home in Daraa, southern Syria. Ziad is currently a patient of Médecins Sans Frontières at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan and he uses poetry as a form of personal therapy.
Read the full article here:
http://gulfnews.com/culture/people/the-long-road-to-recovery-at-zaatari-refugee-camp-1.1834541
See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
Read the full article here:
http://gulfnews.com/culture/people/the-long-road-to-recovery-at-zaatari-refugee-camp-1.1834541
See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Zatari Refugee Camp in Northern Jordan is just 20km from the Syrian border where the
00:12civil war rages on. The camp, home to thousands of Syrians fleeing the bloodshed, was set
00:17up in July 2012. However today, the two square mile desert land has transformed into a mini-city
00:24with markets, mosques, schools and NGOs working to care for those affected by the war.
00:31We're here at the Zatari Refugee Camp in Northern Jordan which houses around 80,000 Syrian refugees,
00:36a large proportion of which come from Daraa on the border with Jordan. We've come to the
00:40Medicine San Frontier Health Facility to speak to some of the doctors and patients here to
00:45find out a little bit how life is like in the camp.
00:47Medicine San Frontier has a small facility in the Zatari Refugee Camp with four medical
00:52doctors, two physiotherapists and two mental health counsellors who work to rehabilitate
00:57war-wounded patients.
00:58When you're talking about war wounds, they're associated with mental trauma as well. So
01:04yes, they do come to us with different levels of PTSD, depression, anxiety, some fear for
01:13their own family back home.
01:15When barrel bombs were dropped near Ziad Ibrahim Abu Aoun's home in Daraa, southern Syria,
01:19he was rushed to a field hospital. From there he was taken to Aramtha on the Jordanian border
01:25where MSF doctors were forced to amputate his left leg. The 50-year-old arrived at MSF
01:30Zatari in July last year for rehabilitation and uses poetry as a form of personal therapy.
01:49He was taken to Aramtha in July last year for rehabilitation and uses poetry as a form
01:56of personal therapy. The 50-year-old arrived at MSF Zatari in July last year for rehabilitation
02:01and uses poetry as a form of personal therapy. The 50-year-old arrived at MSF Zatari in
02:06July last year for rehabilitation and uses poetry as a form of personal therapy. The 50-year-old
02:11arrived at MSF Zatari in July last year for rehabilitation and uses poetry as a form of
02:16personal therapy. The 50-year-old arrived at MSF Zatari in July last year for rehabilitation
02:21and uses poetry as a form of personal therapy. The 50-year-old arrived at MSF Zatari in
02:26July last year for rehabilitation and uses poetry as a form of personal therapy. The 50-year-old
02:31arrived at MSF Zatari in July last year for rehabilitation and uses poetry as a form of
02:36personal therapy. The 50-year-old arrived at MSF Zatari in July last year for rehabilitation
02:41and uses poetry as a form of personal therapy.
03:11As the war in Syria rages on, victims such as Abu Oum will continue to appear at MSF Zatari,
03:27with relentless bombings across the war-torn country killing hundreds daily and leaving
03:31others traumatized. But despite losing so much, the patients here are optimistic about
03:35recovering, both physically and mentally, with their hearts and minds set on returning
03:39to their country and their families.
04:09The war in Syria is not over yet. There is still a long way to go.