What does the life look like in Syrian refugee camp? In the movie Salam Neighbor, Zach and Chris decided to live in the refugee camp in the city of Jordan, which is only 7 miles away from the Syrian border. They have gotten interested in this because of the ongoing Syrian crisis. They wanted to experience the life in the refugee camp as well as calling for attentions and helps through the film.
Before watching this documentary film, I knew that there are fighting in Syria but did not know much about it. Syrian citizens fled from their own country to avoid danger. Many spend their life savings on a guide to just get them safely across the border. In the film, Zach and Chris stayed in the refugee camp of Za’atari. It is located in Jordan which …show more content…
Through this documentary film, audiences like me can have a insight on the life in the refugee camps. Many tragic stories will definitely bring attention from the world. In the end of the film, they state that “how we choose to respond to this crisis will affect all of us.” This is very true because the only way to stop world’s conflicts is to let everyone understand that the war is deadly and will cause both physical and mental damage to everyone who experienced it. How we view and respond to this crisis will affect how we act in the future. In my opinion, an appropriate Christian response to Syrian refugee crisis is to pray for them. I would recommend this film to all of those who want to know more about the Syrian crisis because this is a excellent documentary film which recorded lifes in the refugee camp. Through the personal experiences told by the refugees, people can learn more and pay more attention to this crisis. I would give Salam Neighbor a rating of 8 because I hope the film would be longer and that Chris and Zach would be able to stay in the camp overnight. In that way the audience can get a more comprehensive understanding of the Syrian crisis as well as the refugee
Before watching this documentary film, I knew that there are fighting in Syria but did not know much about it. Syrian citizens fled from their own country to avoid danger. Many spend their life savings on a guide to just get them safely across the border. In the film, Zach and Chris stayed in the refugee camp of Za’atari. It is located in Jordan which …show more content…
Through this documentary film, audiences like me can have a insight on the life in the refugee camps. Many tragic stories will definitely bring attention from the world. In the end of the film, they state that “how we choose to respond to this crisis will affect all of us.” This is very true because the only way to stop world’s conflicts is to let everyone understand that the war is deadly and will cause both physical and mental damage to everyone who experienced it. How we view and respond to this crisis will affect how we act in the future. In my opinion, an appropriate Christian response to Syrian refugee crisis is to pray for them. I would recommend this film to all of those who want to know more about the Syrian crisis because this is a excellent documentary film which recorded lifes in the refugee camp. Through the personal experiences told by the refugees, people can learn more and pay more attention to this crisis. I would give Salam Neighbor a rating of 8 because I hope the film would be longer and that Chris and Zach would be able to stay in the camp overnight. In that way the audience can get a more comprehensive understanding of the Syrian crisis as well as the refugee