Jordan daily life

Muhammed Muheisen, AP’s chief photographer for the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan, is known for a body of work that captures the hope and loss felt by victims of conflict. Recently, Muheisen traveled around Jordan, where he documented daily life in the capital of Amman and in makeshift camps inhabited by Syrian refugees.

Mideast Jordan Syrian Refugees Daily Life

A Syrian refugee boy, followed by other children, enjoys riding a rented donkey pulled by his owner, during the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Zaatari refugee camp, near the Syrian border, in Mafraq, Jordan, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. More than 2.8 million Syrian children inside and outside the country ó nearly half the school-aged population ó cannot get an education because of the devastation from the civil war, according to the U.N. children's agency, UNICEF. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Jordan Syrian Refugees Photo Essay

In this Friday, March 6, 2015 photo, a Syrian refugee hangs her laundry to dry at an informal tented settlement in the Jordan Valley, Jordan. Aid officials say those in the makeshift camps are among the most vulnerable of close to 625,000 Syrians who fled to Jordan and have registered with the U.N. refugee agency.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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A Syrian man and his daughter ride a bicycle while celebrating the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Zaatari refugee camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, Friday, July 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Jordan Syrian Refugees Daily Life

A Syrian refugee child, 4-month-old Marwa al-Hassan, her face covered with flies, sleeps on the ground outside her family's tent at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, Sunday, July 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Syrian Refugees Eid Al Fitr

Syrian girls dressed in new clothes celebrate the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Zaatari refugee camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, Friday, July 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Jordan Daily Life

Palestinian refugees play foosball in a street during the Eid al-Fitr holiday in the al-Wihdat refugee camp in Amman, Jordan, Saturday, July 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Jordan Daily Life

A street is decorated with festive lights outside a mosque during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which devotees fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Jordan Syrian Refugees Daily Life

Syrian refugee women drink tea at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, March 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Syrian refugee girl, Zubaida Faisal, 10, skips a rope while she and other children play near their tents at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, Sunday, July 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Jordan Syrian Refugees Daily Life

A Syrian refugee woman and her children stand at the doorway of their tent at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, Monday, March 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Jordan Daily Life

Palestinian refugees walk behind a wall painted with a mural depicting Israel's separation barrier a at Al Baqa' refugee camp north of Amman, Jordan. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Jordan Daily Life

A Jordanian vendor who sells clothes breaks his fast while waiting for customers, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which devotees fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Syrian Refugees Eid Al Fitr

Syrian refugee children dressed in new clothes hold the hands of their grandmother while walking back to their shelter on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Zaatari refugee camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, Friday, July 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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A Syrian refugee child eats a tomato while standing on a broken water point at an informal tent settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, Sunday, July 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Jordan Syrian Refugees Daily Life

Syrian refugee children laugh in a car at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, March 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Jordan Syrian Refugees Daily Life

Syrian refugee child Shaikhah Elaiwi, 1, sleeps on the ground of her family's tent at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, Monday, March 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Jordan Syrian Refugees Daily Life

A Syrian refugee boy heads back to his shelter dragging containers of water at Azraq refugee camp, Jordan, Monday, July 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Jordan Syrian Refugees Photo Essay

In this Friday, March 6, 2015 photo, a framed photograph of Syrian refugee Shahada Hussein, who passed away in 2014, hangs inside his son's tent at an informal tented settlement in the Jordan Valley, Jordan. Aid officials say those in the makeshift camps are among the most vulnerable of close to 625,000 Syrians who fled to Jordan and have registered with the U.N. refugee agency. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Syrian Refugees Eid Al Fitr

Syrian refugee Heba Ahmad, 7, pauses while playing on a swing with other children on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Zaatari refugee camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, Friday, July 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Jordan Daily Life

Palestinian refugee children enjoy a ride on a hand-operated wheel during Eid al-Fitr holiday at Baqaa Refugee Camp in Amman, Jordan, Monday, July 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Jordan Daily Life

The shadow of Palestinian refugee boys is cast on a wall while enjoying a ride on an improvised swing during Eid al-Fitr holiday at Baqaa Refugee Camp in Amman, Jordan, Monday, July 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mideast Jordan Syrian Refugees Daily Life

A Syrian refugee boy waves while herding sheep at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, Wednesday, July 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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