“I wish I could fly there and visit it”
“I love the villages of Iraq”
“It does not prevent her from working”
My way to Germany
I thought I had to travel to another country because I was under pressure from armed groups. I have to give up my usual life, quit my job, leave my family and friends and start a completely new life in another country. I dared it! Continue reading “My way to Germany”
Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugees, asylum, iraq, germany, a million storiesDrawings from the exhibition “Hope Courage Trust. Drawings of fled children”
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A drawing from the exhibition “Hope Courage Trust. Drawings of fled children”
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Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugees, asylum, iraq, germany, a million storiesA drawing from the exhibition “Hope Courage Trust. Drawings of fled children”
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Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugees, asylum, syria, germany, a million stories”My goal was Sweden”
My name is Mohammed and comes from the city of Mosul from Iraq. Life in Iraq was good. There were difficulties, but we lived as usual. I went to school there and I studied in college. But then ISIS came into town and I had to flee.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, Sweden, A Million Stories“There was no security”
My name is Muhannad and comes from the city of Diyala in Iraq where I lived a regular life. After the United States War in 2003, many things changed in the country and I felt I could not live there. There was no security. In Iraq, I worked with my dad in a fabric store.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: refugees, asylum, Sweden, A Million StoriesOnly now am I able to understand what homesickness means
I came to Germany from Iraq in 2012 – today I am 20 years old. I am currently doing an internship in health care at the German Youth Migration Service (JID). I work there as a guide but also as a translator and I can get a vocational diploma. Continue reading “Only now am I able to understand what homesickness means”
Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugee, asylum, Iraq, Germany, a million stories