Refugee lives
My name is Mohama and I am 61 years old. I come from Syria and lived in Afrin. I worked as a mechanic. I am married and have five children. Three girls and two sons. I have been living in Germany for two years. I had to flee my homeland because there was war in my country. Continue reading “I want my family to come to Germany”
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My name is Mohammed. I am 33 years old and I come from Quchan, Iran. Quchan is a small town, I lived there with my family and worked as a taxi driver. Continue reading “My dream is to work as a bus driver in Cologne”
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I am 23 years old and come from Afghanistan. I was born in Bagram, where I lived with my family. I went to school until the seventh grade, then I stayed at home and helped my mother with the household. My life was beautiful – until my father died. Continue reading “We had to stick together”
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My name is Ghada. I am 43 years old and come from Aleppo, Syria. In Syria I worked very hard, together with my husband. Although women do not work in my family, I asserted myself. I even trained as a hairdresser. All this I did for the education of my children, it is the most important thing to me. Continue reading “Education of my children is the most important thing to me”
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I am 24 years old and come from Ahvaz, Iran. I worked in a supermarket and in many different areas. Continue reading “My wish is to work as a mechanic”
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I am 21 years old and come from Niger. Niger is one of the poorest countries in Africa. It is very dry there and hot. The people live under very bad conditions. There is no good education, not enough food and not enough medicine. Most people in my home country work as farmers. I attended primary school in Niger and lived there with my family. My parents died very early, so I had to live with my uncle. Continue reading “I am from one of the poorest countries in Africa”
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I am 30 years old and come from Sudan. In Sudan I attended school and lived with my family. Originally I come from Eritrea, but my family left the country when I was very young. Sudan is safer for us than our homeland. Nevertheless, it was not easy for us. We were constantly asked about our origins, and we constantly had problems finding a good job. I left Sudan for political reasons. Continue reading “I lived under great stress”
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I am 38 years old and come from Beirut in Lebanon. In my home country I studied High Arabic, later I worked as an Arabic teacher. I lived with my family.
Beirut is a very beautiful and above all very open city. Life in Lebanon is very expensive, but the wages are low. It is not easy to survive there. Continue reading “I dream of working as an Arabic teacher in Germany”
My name is Malika. I am 20 years old and come from Afghanistan. Afghanistan is very different from here, the culture is completely different. We women were forced to cover ourselves, unfortunately we were also often sexually harassed. Continue reading “I could no longer live safely”
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My name is Mohsen and I come from Iran, from Karaj. I lived there with my family. I have a small family. In Iran I worked as a truck driver. Continue reading “I was not allowed to pray”
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