Only two years into the war in Syria, over 3,500 journalists had traveled through Camp Za'atari to tell stories of the Syrian people who were forced out of their country to live in exile in Jordan. The stories told were somewhat black and white and largely tragic. In response to the mainstream media reporting of the refugee experience, Felsman Fellow Laura Doggett organized two workshops to give Syrian girls living as refugees in Jordan's camps and urban areas cameras and the chance to tell their own stories.

15-year-old Marah captures in this verite essay the resilience and creativity of the Syrian children living in Za'atari Refugee Camp. Marah is from Dara'a, Syria and now lives as a refugee in Za'atari Refugee Camp in Jordan. “I see the children playing, celebrating their childhood and their beautiful lives. How beautiful their days are. I remembered God’s great power. His wonderous human creation.”