Inside the Palestinian Husn refugee camp, 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Amman, Fadi al-Squor, a member of the Jordanian Kickboxing Federation, has established a rudimentary sports center to train disabled youths in martial arts and self-defense.
Squor’s free trainings are a result of the outrage he felt when he watched a video that showed a man spraying anti-rust spray into the mouth of a mentally disabled person in the city of Irbid, north of Amman, while others watched and made fun of the victim. The video, which went viral in 2016, encouraged Squor to teach children and youths with disabilities to stand up for themselves through self-defense and martial arts classes.