The Don Who's Taken Charge Of Jordan's Biggest Refugee Camp

[kaine123]

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[I]Mohammed al Hariri is known as the mafia don of the Zaatari Refugee camp. He is the man who gets things done.[/I][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]In chaotic situations, certain people rise to the top, and that is certainly the case for Mohammed al-Hariri, a former air conditioning repairman who commands enormous deference on the windblown streets of Zaatari refugee camp.

In less than a year, the Zaatari camp in Jordan has grown into an instant city, with 120,000 residents who have fled the war in Syria, sheltered in trailers and tents. Officially, aid workers manage the camp. But Hariri is the de facto boss, a mafia don to Syrian refugees who seek his help.

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[SexualShark]

What a boss.

[Liem]

[QUOTE]a former air conditioning repairman[/QUOTE]
That's quite a step up to Mafia Don

[Paul McCartney]

[QUOTE=Liem;41455525]That's quite a step up to Mafia Don[/QUOTE]

War changes people. He used to fix air conditioners, but now he has to live without.

[breakyourface]

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;41455750]War changes people. He used to fix air conditioners, but now he has to live without.[/QUOTE]

I'd become a mafia boss too if I didn't have my a/c unit.

[Paul McCartney]

[QUOTE=breakyourfac;41455768]I'd become a mafia boss too if I didn't have my a/c unit.[/QUOTE]

ESPECIALLY IN THE FUCKING MIDDLE EAST!

[Wolveras]

[quote]Kleinschmidt introduces himself as the mayor here, and a few weeks ago he agreed to meet Hariri.

"We made a deal that we wouldn't work against each other," says Kleinschmidt, "because we are two powerful men, so, if we would work against each other, the camp would explode."
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[quote] Two women sit in plastic chairs and pour out their troubles. One says her daughter is about to give birth, she wants to go back to Syria to be at her side. The other's husband is stuck at the Jordanian border; the Jordanian police won't let him pass. Can Hariri get him in?

Hariri snaps open one of his cell phones and barks out orders.

"OK, it's been solved," he says to the women. They are grateful and relieved.

How he solved it, he wouldn't say.
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He gets shit done, using his power in a (seemingly) positive way.