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INDEPENDENT LENS | RECYCLE | Film Clip #1 | PBS

Duration: 01:33

www.pbs.org/independentlens/re... Ride shotgun with ex-Mujahideen fighter Abu Amar and his son through the chaotic streets of Zarqa, Jordan—a hotbed of political extremism and birthplace of the infamous al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Follow Amar’s daily life as he scours the streets to earn a meager living collecting cardboard to recycle and struggles with his faith and the social realities of life in the Middle East.

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Post Date: March 24, 2009