Amman and Zaatari Camp – June 2018
CONTENT WARNING: domestic violence
Monday.
When I arrived to Zaatari on Monday morning, some of the refugee staff at our youth center told me Hashem* had beaten his wife so badly that she’d called the police who’d detained him in the nearby Mafraq prison for one night. Given that so many women in Zaatari get beaten on so many nights, I knew right away it must have been a Very Bad Situation for Hashem’s wife – both he and his wife being Syrian refugees – to take the uncommon step of contacting the police.
I knew it must have been a Very Bad Situation for her to overcome the usual barrier of fear that prevents domestic violence survivors from involving police. This barrier, in her case, was complicated further by her status as a refugee.
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