Coding Classes Open New Doors for Syrian Refugees

Sitting in a large, airy room filled with colourful beanbags and tangles of computer wires, Moamer Swaida listens intently as an instructor explains the basics of web design. 

Swaida, 40, has not had a proper job since he left his position as a maths teacher in Deraa, Syria, and fled to northern Jordan four years ago. He hopes that this week's classes at Amman's King Hussein Business Park will finally change that.

"This will give me a better chance of finding work," Swaida tells Al Jazeera in a soft voice. "Syrians cannot work in most jobs in Jordan, so this will allow me to freelance for foreign companies abroad." 

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