Refugee lives
My name is Mazhar, I’m from Damascus in Syria and I’m 23 years old. I lived a good life and had dreams like any youth. Since I was little I was interested in technology and the internet. My dad was a businessman and we had a high financial standard and therefore I could have a computer and internet.
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Dublin Core: Language: sv Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
My name is Yasser, I’m 27 years old and born in the city of Homs, in Syria. I have lived 4 years in Sweden. I want to start by saying that I am a human like everyone else. Growed up and studied in Damascus. I often travelled from Homs to Damascus.
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Dublin Core: Language: sv Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
I was born in Lebanon and have four sisters. We moved to Syria because we are Syrian. I grew up in Aleppo with my mother because my dad died when I was 3 years old. My mom struggled to get education. Studied and worked in the university. I got my education at the university of Aleppo, where I studied international criminal law. I started my training with a lawyer, and after that I had my own company as a lawyer since 2005. I worked very hard. I made a good reputation. Had a good job, and good customers. I worked when the war started, but it was a very bad experience working during the war. Continue reading “Im a woman, a mother, a lawyer, not a refugee”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: refugee, lawyer, a million stories, denmark, syria
My name is Rashid and I’m a Palestinian born in Damascus. I have lived 9 months in Sweden.
In Syria I lived an ordinary life. I studied and worked in a plastic factory. My family decided to leave the country because of the war. To create a future. As Palestinians we did’nt have a citizenship in Syria.
Continue reading ““Dad if I die in the sea, I will tell God that it was your fault””
Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
My name is Tariq, I’m 23 years old and come from Syria. Today I live in Malmö.
I lived in a city called Dara. I studied and worked at the same time. I finished high school and I wanted to go to college, but there was no security in the country so it did’nt work.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden