I will be graduating next year

Anonymous, 21 years old, and is from Damascus, Syria.

Before the war, I was in the 10th grade. Life was very beautiful, without any problems. Our life was very normal before the war. During the war, our life was very stressful. I was afraid of everything. There was no safe places. Even the short 7-minute walk to school was impossible for me to walk alone. Continue reading “I will be graduating next year”

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, damascus, refugee, education,

A sweet thing that happened in the midst of all the difficulties

Deala is a 37 year old woman from Damascus, Syria.

I finished school after 9th grade and didn’t continue. I married after that and became a housewife. I love this life and to be a homemaker. I got my first girl after one year and I now have four children. Three of them I got in Syria and the fourth I got here in Denmark. Continue reading “A sweet thing that happened in the midst of all the difficulties”

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, pregnancy, refugee, housewife,

I hope to work as a make-up artist, as I did in Damascus

Dana Alfar 25 is years old. She is a Palestinian refugee from Damascus, Syria.

My life before the war was acceptable. I was studying at high school, and I had a certification as a make-up artist from an institute in Damascus. I have also studied one year of accounting in 2015. Continue reading “I hope to work as a make-up artist, as I did in Damascus”

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, palestine, syria, family reunification, refugee,

It was difficult to live apart from my husband

Woman, 23 years old from Syria. Now living in Denmark.

My husband fled Syria in 2012, because of the dangerous situation and the fact that the police had captured him. From this time, I didn’t see him until the end of 2016, where we met in Malaysia. We had not seen each other in four – almost five years and this was one of the only places in the world that we could meet at that time. Continue reading “It was difficult to live apart from my husband”

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, syria, denmark, refugee,

Only three of us passed the test, and I was one of them.

I am 19 years old, from Damascus, Syria.

I was studying in the 10th grade when the war broke out in Syria. My life was easy and comfortable. I had everything I wanted.

I came to Denmark in march 2015. It was difficult in the beginning, but it became easier with time. Continue reading “Only three of us passed the test, and I was one of them.”

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, education, refugee,

I wish to continue my studies to become an electrician

Kussai Nema is 24 years old and came to Denmark from Damascus, Syria.

Before the war, I was studying and working. I was studying in high school, and working in a bar. I liked making ‘latte art’ on the cappuccinos. My life was acceptable before the war. I escaped from Syria in the beginning of the war, in 2013, because I feared for my life. Continue reading “I wish to continue my studies to become an electrician”

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, damascus, refugee, education,

Little baby Lana

Lana is 2 months old and born in Denmark from Syrian parents.

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, child,

I feel like it is a gift from God

34-year old woman from, Lattakia, Syria,

I want to share my experience with raising my two kids in Sweden instead of in Syria.

I’m from Lattakia in Syria, like my husband. Every woman dreams of having children, and some people get kids right after marriage, while some people wait a little. After we married, we decided to wait a little to have kids, because we wanted to get to know each other better first. Continue reading “I feel like it is a gift from God”

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, sweden, refugee,

Halas drawing

Hala is 7 years old and came to Denmark from Syria.

The weather is nice in Syria, and the nature is beautiful in the spring

 

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, child, drawing, refugee,

Reems drawing

Reem is 5 years old and came to Denmark from Syria.

While drawing, Reem talks about her house in Syria and her garden full of flowers.

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, child, refugee,