Six Years Into Exile: the Challenges and Coping
SIX YEARS INTO EXILE The challenges and coping strategies of non-camp Syrian refugees in Jordan and their host communities CARE INTERNATIONAL IN JORDAN AMMAN, JULY 30, 2016 Supported by the Department for International Development (DFID). Six Years Into Exile 1 RESEARCH TEAM Shuaa Marrar Senior Researcher/Team Leader Nayif Tahseen Senior Statistician/Field Work Supervisor Alexa Stevens Reporting Officer/Researcher Murad Khawaja Researcher/Facilitator of Focus Groups Nusaiba Shbeita Researcher/Facilitator of Focus Groups Bihan Bader Data Entry Specialist Azhar Samara Data Entry Specialist Basma Elayan Data Entry Specialist Ali Mohammad Data Entry Specialist Field Researchers 27 in Amman, Zarqa, Irbid and M Prepared by Cover: Nuzha, mother of Shahed, 9, Ibrahim, 2, and Rabea’, 11, living in Amman, Jordan."There was no time to pack anything, after the bombing began. We fled with eight children. The road was so danger- ous - two of our relatives were killed on the road just behind us. Even if I had everything here, I would prefer to live in a tent at home in Syria. I feel like a stranger in this country." Acknowledgments Riyada’s research team would like to thank the management and staff of CARE International in Jordan for their wholehearted pro- fessional support and facilitation of the research process: Salam Ka- naan, Country Director; Eman Ismail, Assistant Country Director for Programs; Maher Al Qubbaj, Acting Program Director Urban Protec- tion Response Program; Hala El Eid, CARE Coordinator for the Urban Assessment; and all center managers and field staff. In addition to their professionalism in supporting the research process, CARE staff ensured timely, quality facilitation, provided the documentation needed, and made themselves and their offices (despite their heavy workload) available to Riyada consultants and researchers through- out the process.
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