A British photographer follows a chess player, a speed reader, a poet, and three rapping brothers — all children who have fled the war in Syria.

British photographer Tabitha Ross has spent nearly a decade working in the Middle East, the better part of which she spent documenting the lives of Palestinian and Syrian refugees. Her latest work, Syria's Got Talent, focuses on a group of gifted Syrian refugee children in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon, which she says is a way of showing the potential lost by many young Syrians affected by the war.

"There are over a million Syrian refugee children out of school, each with their own unique gifts and talents," Ross said in an interview with BuzzFeed News. "We want to show the importance of education for children affected by conflict like in Syria."

Ross's photo essay was created in collaboration with the A World at School campaign and the charity TheirWorld.

Last week, they launched a petition asking people to call on world leaders to get 1 million Syrian children into school this year, so they can not only learn, but also channel some of the trauma they have been through.

Below are photographs and short profiles of the children Ross interviewed — a chess player, a speed reader, a poet, a mathematics whiz, footballers, and three brothers who rap.

Lana Hourieh, 12, chess player

Tabitha Ross / Theirworld

Lana Hourieh, 12, and her brother Abdulsalmouh were taught chess by their uncle when they were younger, and it has since become their passion. When Lana went back to school after fleeing her home, her teachers noticed her talent for chess and entered her in a competition — she promptly won.