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.

16-year-old Rafif creates a journey through the landscape and textures of her new life in a foreign place, and her desire to return to and rebuild her country. Rafif is from Dara'a, Syria and now lives as a refugee in Irbid, Jordan. “I love filming because you discover a world and things you wouldn’t expect. The camera has to be like a friend. I want to show people things that they might not have seen before, and reach them through the feelings of the shots I take.”