Lora Moftah is a New York-based journalist covering religion and politics. Follow her on Twitter @LoraMoftah. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/lora-moftah/rss en Refugee Voices Wed, 14 Sep 2016 07:31:47 +0000 Lora Moftah https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/09/14/syrian-refugees-save-to-make-hajj-pilgrimage-2 https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/09/14/syrian-refugees-save-to-make-hajj-pilgrimage-2 Thanks to growing employment opportunities, more Syrian refugee families in Jordan have been able to save enough money to make the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca this year. Displacement Wed, 14 Sep 2016 06:24:00 +0000 Lora Moftah https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/09/14/syrian-refugees-save-to-make-hajj-pilgrimage https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/09/14/syrian-refugees-save-to-make-hajj-pilgrimage Thanks to growing employment opportunities, more Syrian refugee families in Jordan have been able to save enough money to make the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca this year.