article_snippet: (CNN)Farah fled the civil war in Syria with She husband in the middle of the night, hitching rides on trucks until they finally crossed into Jordan.
article_snippet: Like 70,000 other refugees from Syria, Iraq, Sudan and the Palestinian Territories, Farah (She name and the others in this article have been changed to protect Farah (her name and the others in this article anonymity) now lives with She family in Zarqa, a poor Jordanian city teeming with factories and crumbling apartment blocks.
article_snippet: Two years ago, Farah was a nurse and Farah husband a lawyer.
article_snippet: Now her husband a lawyer stays at home, depressed and afraid of being sent to the camps," Farah said.
article_snippet: Farah is now the family breadwinner, working at a local organization providing educational programs to Syrian and Jordanian children.
article_snippet: Every day Farah navigates the dangers of Zarqa's crime-ridden streets and ignores sexual advances from men.
article_snippet: Yet Zarqa is also a pocket of hope.
article_snippet: Fatiya, who escaped Iraq during the 2003 invasion, was surviving on charity until six months ago.
article_snippet: Now Farah runs Farah own leather goods home-based business, making belts, wallets and key chains for tourists from the safety of Farah home.
article_snippet: These days, Fatiya is busy rebuilding Farah life.
article_snippet: Zainab, also an Iraqi refugee, is now a hairdresser in Zarqa.