A close colleague has recently begun a short research project in the community of Azraq (one which, it so happens, has nothing to do with Syrians, refugees, or the conflict). But, she tells me, the conflict is everywhere--they have considered hiring Syrian staff because Jordanians are seeking work in the new camp and "will not work for less than a UN salary". Grey UN planes constantly fly low over what was, not long ago, a small town isolated in the desert.
One man "told me he thinks the Azraq camp is going to be over 500,000 within the next few years and will be a permanent city," she reports. Take it with a grain of salt? It's hard to know.
"[T]alking to a bunch of men today about the war in Syria," she said to me later, "and how they first said it would last 5 years and now it'll be 15. And they don't know why people call it the war in Syria because it's everybody's war."
Everybody's war.
One man "told me he thinks the Azraq camp is going to be over 500,000 within the next few years and will be a permanent city," she reports. Take it with a grain of salt? It's hard to know.
"[T]alking to a bunch of men today about the war in Syria," she said to me later, "and how they first said it would last 5 years and now it'll be 15. And they don't know why people call it the war in Syria because it's everybody's war."
Everybody's war.