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STORY: ZAATARI CAMP / CELEBRATING LOVE
TRT: 2:35
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC /NATS
DATELINE: 2 FEBRUARY 2021, ZAATARI CAMP, JORDAN
1. Wide shot, Nour’s Salon and Wedding Dress shop on main market street
2. Med shot, Nour’s Salon and Wedding Dress shop
3. Various shots, wedding dresses
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nour, Syrian refugee:
“When the groom comes to get the bride, it is so sweet. It makes me happy that they like my work.”
5. Med shot, Nour fixing the wedding dresses in her shop
6. Wide shot, Nour showcasing various wedding dresses she has made
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nour, Syrian refugee:
“This work, I feel that it is art. If this work touches your heart, you know you have to do it”
8. Wide shot, Mona entering wedding shop to browse dresses
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mona, Syrian refugee:
“I’ve come to choose a wedding dress as I had heard about Noor’s Salon, the dresses are beautiful and her work is so nice.
10. Various shots, Nour showing Mona wedding dresses
11. Wide shot, Nour showing Mona the makeup choices
12. Med shot, Nour and Mona looking at makeup styles on a phone
13. Close up, phone
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mona, Syrian refugee:
“I think I will choose a red dress because its Valentines’ Day and my fiancée said he likes red!”
15. Close up, wedding dresses
16. Tilt up, Nour arranging the wedding dresses
17. Pan left, wedding dresses
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nour, Syrian refugee:
“The number of weddings has become less because of COVID-19, because of that I take the makeup and hair tools and do their hair and makeup at home and even take the dresses to their homes.”
19. Wide shot, Nour arranging her makeup
20. Close up, Nour arraning makeup
21. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nour, Syrian refugee:
“Valentines doesn’t have to be boyfriend and girlfriend, it can be brothers, sisters, relatives.”
22. Med shot, Nour arranging the wedding dresses
Getting married in a refugee camp doesn’t mean giving up on your dream wedding dress. Nour has owned a wedding shop in Zaatari Camp for three years and with Valentine’s Day approaching she’s helping brides prepare for their big day.
Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan is home to 80,000 Syrian refugees and has been open since 2012. There are over 500 different shops in the camp, most located on the famous ‘Shams Elysee’, including Noor’s Wedding Shop/Salon.
She designs the dresses and does hair and makeup for the brides
“This work, I feel that it is art. If this work touches your heart, you know you have to do it,” Nour said.
Mona, also a Syrian refugee and a bride to be came to Nour after a recommendation.
“I’ve come to choose a wedding dress as I had heard about Noor’s Salon, the dresses are beautiful and her work is so nice,” she said. “I think I will choose a red dress because its Valentines’ Day and my fiancée said he likes red!”
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant fewer weddings. A third of refugees in Jordan have lost their jobs, but it hasn’t stopped Nour.
“The number of weddings has become less because of COVID-19, because of that I take the makeup and hair tools and do their hair and makeup at home and even take the dresses to their homes.” Nour said.
This Valentine's Day she’s ready to celebrate all kinds of love
“Valentines doesn’t have to be boyfriend and girlfriend, it can be brothers, sisters, relatives,” she said.
