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The Refugee Camp: Our Desert Home

The Refugee Camp: Our Desert Home: Episode 1

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Episode 1

BBC Two - The Refugee Camp: Our Desert Home, Episode 1

Anita Rani tackles the logistical feat of providing water in the middle of a desert.

A look at Zaatari, a unique desert city in Jordan. Anita Rani tackles the feat of providing water in a desert, and Ben Timberlake finds out how war has affected education.

What do a professional wrestler, a midwife, a baker, a wedding shop owner, one-day-old twins and a teenage journalist have in common? They are all residents of a unique desert city in Jordan called Zaatari. But Zaatari is no ordinary city - it is a refugee camp and home to some 80,000 Syrians who have fled the bombs and bullets of Syria's civil war and what was once a temporary camp has now become a city the size of Bath.

This two-part documentary gets under the skin of this incredible and surprising metropolis - a place of huge logistical challenges and extraordinary human stories. Presenters Anita Rani, A&E doctor Javid Abdelmoneim and hostile environment expert Ben Timberlake immerse themselves in the life of the camp, reporting on what it takes to keep it running and meeting the families who call Zaatari home.

Originally just a few hundred tents, it now has 24,000 homes with a busy shopping street (known locally as the Champs-Elysees), hospitals and schools, and like every other city on earth, Zaatari has births, deaths, marriages and everything in between.

In this episode, Anita tackles the logistical feat of providing water in the middle of a desert, Javid meets some of the children recovering from injuries of war and Ben does the bakery night shift to find out how 90,000 loaves are baked every day to feed the camp. Anita and Javid are invited to a wedding, and with around half of the population in the camp under 18, Ben finds out how war has affected their education.

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Anita Rani, Javid Abdelmoneim and Ben Timberlake immerse themselves in the life of Zaatari

Anita Rani, Javid Abdelmoneim and Ben Timberlake immerse themselves in the life of Zaatari, of a unique desert city in Jordan.

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