Salopek walked through
Jordan in 2014. At the
time, Mohammad, then
11, one of hundreds of
thousands of Syrian civil
war refugees, was mov-
ing around the country
with his family, picking
fruits and vege tables.
A Syrian family in
the hills of Wadi Rum
shared dinner with
Salopek. “There is
no meat,” his host
bemoaned. “Here we
only dream of chicken.”