Members of the music band at Makani, an internationally funded learning centre in a low-income district of Amman. All photos: Khaled Yacoub Oweis / The National
Judi, a Syrian refugee, displays her drawings.
Music students and instructors at Makani.
Music teacher Mohammad Brayk, who worked in Saudi Arabia.
A drawing by one of the Syrian refugees entitled 'I love you, mama'.
Bilal, a winger from the Syrian city of Homs, and the Jordanian Bakkar twins, who play midfield, often play together at Makani.