Had the great honor of being asked to come along with Zeitouna, a program by the Karam Foundation, to mentor displaced Syrian kids. A few dozen of us came to the Salam School, a school in Southeast Turkey for refugees. Dentists from the Syrian American Medical Society fixed hundreds of kids teeth. Boxers taught little girls to kickbox, and my friend Lina Sergie introduced the kids to the fundaments of architecture. I drew these murals.
The teachers, refugees themselves, were brilliant and inspiring. I’m shy and not particularly great with kids, and my Arabic has faded to a few sentences. But the kids loved watching me draw cats and mice up to no good all over the walls.
Photos by Mohamad Ojjeh.
I would have so loved to have been able to go to such a beautifully decorated and inspiring school. The children’s imagination will be inspired. Truly lovely.
I would have so loved to have been able to go to such a beautifully decorated and inspiring school. The children’s imagination will be inspired. Truly lovely.
Wow. Beautiful work for the mind and heart.
Wow. Beautiful work for the mind and heart.