As dramatic events play out on the streets of central Paris and beyond, endless uneventful days drag on without notice in Syrian refugee camps. Sprinkled among the few pockets of humanity left in the region, the camps literally litter the landscapes of Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon providing just enough food and shelter to disguise one hopelessly demeaning day from another. And refugee families past their time inventing ways to survive those endless hopelessly demeaning days.