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“I want to give them the best, if possible”

My name is Nour and I am 25 years old. I did not study and I did not go to school. Now, I am 5 months pregnant, but I had some issues before my pregnancy. Even now, I have a difficult pregnancy. I went to the doctors here, they helped me and they sent me to a hospital outside the Camp (Refugee center of Skaramagas). Continue reading ““I want to give them the best, if possible””

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, Aleppo
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Everything was fine but…

Hello! I am Mohammed. I am 36 years old and I was working as a carpenter back home. I have been in Greece for six months now. When I was living in Syria I had everything. Everything was fine but then we had been exploited. Particularly, my boss did not care if I was hurt and he fired me from the work immediately. If we had to go to the doctor, we had to pay a lot. Continue reading “Everything was fine but…”

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, Aleppo
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“I learned Greek in the prison’s school”

I am Ahmad, Palestinian born in Syria. I am 22 years old and I was living in Hamma. Me and my mum went from Syria to Turkey in March 2016. At first, we went to Idlib illegal. From there to Istanbul and then to Izmir where we met the smuggler and travelled by boat to Mitilini. Continue reading ““I learned Greek in the prison’s school””

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, Hamma, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, Germany
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“I want to finish my studies”

My name is Mosab, I am 23 years old and I was living in Homs, Syria. It has been five months now that I live in Greece. I left Syria because of the war. I also had to join the army but I did not want to. I would like to go to Germany, my brother and some cousins stay there. Continue reading ““I want to finish my studies””

Dublin Core: Language: bah Subject: Greece, Syria, Homs, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, Germany
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Lawyer to be

Mohamad Khaled Nabaa is 20 years old and he came from Aleppo, Syria. Mohamad and his family have been in Greece for one and a half year. He is sharing his story in English. His dream is to study and become a lawyer so to be able to help other refugees in need. Continue reading “Lawyer to be”

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Syria, Aleppo, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories
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“I stayed here to wait for my son”

My name is Munir Nabaa. I came from Syria, the Aleppo city. I am 45 years old.
We were living in Aleppo, but when the problems started we left Aleppo and went to Idlib. We lived there for a short time. We didn’t have work because of the crisis. So we went to Turkey. We lived there for one year and we didn’t have money to pay the rent. We didn’t have any money. Continue reading ““I stayed here to wait for my son””

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, Aleppo, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, Germany
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“We had nothing”

I am Daneesh Mohameed Shakeer. I am from Qamishli (Al-Hasakah). I had reasons that I came to Europe. Back home, in Syria, there was injustice everywhere. The Kurds and the Syrians have issues, the Kurds want to be independent. When the war started I fled Syria and I went to Turkey. We arrived in Turkey with my family, but we had nothing. Our children couldn’t go to school, we didn’t have a job or money. Nothing at all, and I didn’t like it. Continue reading ““We had nothing””

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, Germany
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A barbershop

I am a refugee, my name is Omar. I came to Greece on February 27th, 2017. When I was living in Syria, I had a normal life as all the people. I was with my family and we didn’t have any problem. Then, the war started in Syria and I was arrested for a short time. So, I decided to go to Turkey and I was there for 1 year and 6 months. Turkish people have different behavior to Syrians. There, we didn’t have a job and I start thinking to leave Turkey, so to find a job in Greece. Continue reading “A barbershop”

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, Damascus, refugee, A Million Stories
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“After many bad experiences, we arrived in Greece”

I am a Syrian refugee from Damascus. My name is Ali. I am 23 years old. I got married two years ago. The war has started in Syria for a reason we don’t know. Our life was very nice there we could go to the university, to the school, to play sport, to go back home very late because we had a safe place. What you wanted to do in Syria, you could do it. When the Revolution started, we didn’t know how. Continue reading ““After many bad experiences, we arrived in Greece””

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, Damascus, refugee, A Million Stories, Germany