Mike Niconchuk works for an international organization in Jordan and works frequently from Zaatari. He’s a graduate of Tufts University and a scholar at the Oslo Freedom Forum. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/mike-niconchuk/rss en Displacement Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mike Niconchuk https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/06/14/zaataris-wasted-youth https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/06/14/zaataris-wasted-youth Last week at Zaatari refugee camp, as we sipped tea that was just a few degrees hotter than the air temperature, I asked a 22-year-old refugee named Hamdi why he was so quiet that day. Hamdi’s close friend Yazan, who has been the only pillar of stability in Hamdi’s life since he arrived in the camp, tried to ward us off the subject. “Mike, it’s complicated,” he said. “Forget about it.”. Displacement Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mike Niconchuk https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/03/10/i-watched-a-refugee-camp-become-a-city https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/03/10/i-watched-a-refugee-camp-become-a-city Mike Niconchuk works for an international organization in Jordan and works frequently from Zaatari. He’s a graduate of Tufts University.