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A place of refuge for Syria’s disabled Syrians, caught in the crossfire of a civil war, receive treatment to overcome paralysis at a recovery center in Turkey.
Jan. 10, 2013
Khaled Ibrahim stands in front of a Turkish flag at the recovery center for Syrians in Reyhanli, Turkey. Khaled was injured when the Syrian army shelled his home town in Idlib province.
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Khaled climbs the stairs in what used to be a dorm for female students.
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A young man arrives at the recovery center. About 85 patients are being treated at the center, including those brought from Syria directly and from Turkish state hospitals.
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Relatives of a patient wait for news of progress, while a doctor collects a wheelchair.
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Ahmed, from Idlib province in Syria, prepares for a physiotherapy session.
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Ahmed gets help during his session.
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Um Maysa walks to the room where her eldest daughter is being treated.
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Nurse Maisa Ahmed, center, sits with a colleague, who wished to remain unnamed, on their patient Nour’s bed to assess her progress after a major leg operation.
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Hiding his face, 10-year-old Yazan, left, from Jabal Akrad, Syria, sits in his wheelchair outside his room.
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Yazan performs stretches and exercises as part of his rehabilitation for paralysis from the waist down.
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Yazan is strapped into bed.
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Maysa, 12, from the Idlib countryside, is paralyzed from the waist down after being injured by schrapnel in her village. For two months after the injury she was unable to talk due to shock.
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Maysa’s mother rubs her daughter’s feet in the hope that it might bring some sensation back. After being injured, Maysa had to be hidden in a cave for a month before being able to arrive in Turkey to receive medical treatment.
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Mouhaidein Houssein, center, is paralyzed from the waist down.
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A list of patients, treatment and doctors in the post-care treatment room.
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A group of Syrians injured by the ongoing conflict participate in a lesson on how to use wheelchairs.
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Ahmed al-Zier practices using his wheelchair, moving in and out of markers. Adjusting to life with disabilities is the reality for thousands of Syrians injured by the conflict.
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Maysa and Yazan exchange a relay baton during a race. A snooker hall was used for the first of many courses on wheelchair use.
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Jan. 10, 2013
Maysa, injured during Syrian Army shelling in her home town, plays catch during a wheelchair training course.
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Malik Khaled, Saleh and Maysa play with soccer balls during a break.
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