Sarah Baniak

The Qasem family said they endure rats and unsanitary conditions in their camp. ByDiaa Ostaz, Sarah Baniak, and Tom Soufi Burridge Waad, carrying a pot at a food distribution site. ABC News Every father hopes for a better life for their children, but no parent foresees their child living in a warzone. Akram Qasem, a Palestinian father of eight, is living amid an array of makeshift tents with his wife, children and relatives.

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Her room is made up of four towering gray walls. With a rug, a colorful comforter and a few pictures, 15-year-old Zahra Muheb has tried to make it feel like home. She's spent her last two birthdays living at Camp As Sayliyah, a refugee camp on an unused American military base in Doha that's a temporary home for more than 1,100 Afghan refugees. Most of its residents are women and children who were placed there by the U.S. State Department during the U.S. refugee resettlement process.