Refugee lives
Hello, my name is Nabil. I am 22 years old and I come from Damascus city, in Syria.
Back home I had the opportunity to go to university just for two weeks. I was studying English language but due to the war I had to flee from Syria. Continue reading ““I don’t know if I am strong but I am still alive””
Abdalelah is 13 years old. He came from Syria with his family. Now, he is staying in Greece only with his mother. His older brother and two sisters are living in Germany.
He is happy that he can go to school and be with Greek students. He also participates in the music lessons of El Sistema Greece in the refugee center of Skaramagas, where he learns to play the violin. Continue reading “Violin lessons”
I had a very good life before the war. My family was small. I have two girls and two boys. My husband was always travelling and I was a teacher in school. I went to school and I took my kids with me and we came back home, all together. Generally, I lived a very good and happy life before the war. Even economically, everything was good. There were not that many problems I had to face. Continue reading ““I wanted to seek a better life and a better education for my children””
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, Homs, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, Germany
I had to join the army, so I left Syria from Hama to Idlib. From there, I paid 1200 euros to go to Turkey. I went to Turkey with a group of 35 people. We were walking twelve hours from Idlib to Turkey and then we all got in a small bus. Then, the Turkish authorities caught us, took pictures of us, they recorded our personal data and they sent us back to Syria. Continue reading “The journey”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, Hama refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, The Netherlands
My name is Mohammed and I am 19 years old. I came from Istanbul to Greece seven months ago. Continue reading “An attempt to fly to The Netherlands”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, Idlib, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, The Netherlands
Hello! I am Mohammed and I am 24 years old. I am Palestinian from Jaffa, but I was born in Damascus, Syria. My grandfather went as a Palestinian refugee in Syria and I grew up there. Now, because of the war, I left Syria. Continue reading ““We were walking for six nights””
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Palestine, Syria, Damascus, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, The Netherlands
My name is Ahmad. I travelled from Syria to Turkey and then to Mytilene where I stayed for 3 days. I have been in Greece for 3 months now. I came here to the camp of Skaramagas, I’m not registered and I have no money. I used to sleep in the street out of the camp.
Continue reading ““I haven’t seen my family for 3 years””
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, Germany