Friday, June 7, 2013

A Syrian Refugee Wedding. By Lauren Wolfe.

A Syrian Refugee Wedding. By Lauren Wolfe. The Nation, June 5, 2013. From the June 24-July 1, 2013 issue.

Early marriage and domestic violence in the camps are a fact of life for girls fleeing the civil war.


Family members and the groom (right) with a Syrian 15-year-old refugee in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan on May 4, 2013. (Photo by Heidi Levine/Sipa Press).