Mohammed Zakaria is leading an unprecedented campaign to create Jordans first community-built skate park. Zakaria is determined to provide a positive outlet for the youth of his city. “It’s not easy to be a young person in this part of the world,” he says. While warfare and revolts have upturned many neighboring cities, tensions over the flooding refugee population, high unemployment, and regional insecurity are rampant in Jordan. “Many of our skaters, and the new kids we hope to bring in to the park, come from broken homes or refugee families. We want to give them a healthy, free, accessible resource to enjoy life.” Plus, says Zakaria, “It’s going to be rad.” mondoweiss.net/2014/10/skaters-build-7hills
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:25:00 +0000
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