The Refugee Camp: Our Desert Home

The Refugee Camp: Our Desert Home (2016)

EndedDocumentary show

Anita Rani, Javid Abdelmoneim and Ben Timberlake immerse themselves in the life of Zaatari, a unique desert city in Jordan. Zaatari is no ordinary city - it is a refugee camp and home to some 80,000 Syrians who have fled the bombs and bullets of Syria's civil war and what was once a temporary camp has now become a city the size of Bath. Originally just a few hundred tents, it now has 24,000 homes with a busy shopping street (known locally as the Champs-Elysees), hospitals and schools, and like every other city on earth, Zaatari has births, deaths, marriages and everything in between.

Network
Scheduleevery Thursday at 21:00 (60 min)

Last Episode

Episode 2
Season 1Episode 260 min

Episode 2

Anita Rani, A&E doctor Javid Abdelmoneim and hostile environment expert Ben Timberlake discover how Zaatari, a refugee camp in Jordan for Syrians fleeing the war, has grown from a handful of tents in the desert to a fully functioning city of 80,000 people. In this episode, Anita investigates how Zaatari is building a new infrastructure that will bring it in line with any other modern metropolis. Anita also meets some of the 11 babies that are born in this refugee camp every single week. With over half of Zaatari's population under the age of 18, Ben will spend time with the remarkable Syrians who are determined to inspire their next generation. Whilst Javid follows the families making heartbreaking decisions about whether to leave Zaatari to start a new life abroad.

Jul 28, 2016

Recent Episodes

EpisodeNameAirdate
S01E02Episode 2Jul 28, 2016
S01E01Episode 1Jul 21, 2016
View all episodesView all seasons

Cast

Anita Rani

Anita Rani

plays herself
Javid Abdelmoneim

Javid Abdelmoneim

plays himself
Ben Timberlake

Ben Timberlake

plays himself
View all cast

Characters

Anita Rani

Anita Rani

Javid Abdelmoneim

Javid Abdelmoneim

Ben Timberlake

Ben Timberlake

View all characters

Recently Updated Shows

Recently updated shows that might be of your interest.
Live at the Apollo
Running

Live at the Apollo

Comedic royalty and fresh new faces on the stand-up scene take to the stage of the legendary London venue.

GenreComedy
School Spirits
Running

School Spirits

When Maddie finds herself trapped in afterlife limbo at her high school, she decides to investigate her own mysterious disappearance.

GenreDrama, Fantasy, Supernatural
Harley Quinn
Running

Harley Quinn

Harley Quinn, based on the DC characters, focuses on Harley Quinn who has finally broken things off once and for all with the Joker and attempts to make it on her own as the criminal Queenpin of Gotham City. The series features Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy and a whole cast of heroes and villains, old and new, from the DC Universe.

GenreComedy, Action, Crime
Chicago P.D.
Running

Chicago P.D.

District 21 of the Chicago Police Department is made up of two distinctly different groups. There are the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head to head with the city's street crimes. And there's the Intelligence Unit, the team that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond. These are their stories.

GenreDrama, Crime
Chicago Fire
Running

Chicago Fire

No job is more stressful, dangerous or exhilarating than those of the Firefighters, Rescue Squad and Paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51. These are the courageous men and women who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way and whose actions make the difference between life and death. These are their stories.

GenreDrama, Action
* This is an affiliate link. If you click and purchase, we will receive a commission from the provider. This will not incur any additional costs for you and you will support our project. We thank you for your support!