Refugee lives
Fouad is 38 years old, Aleppo, Syria.
I had a beautiful life before the war. I was a successful tailor and I had one business in Aleppo and another one in Lebanon where I had several men and women employed, respectively. Life was good and I enjoyed it very much in all its aspects. Continue reading “I have now waited 4 years for the smuggler’s brother”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, aleppo, refugee,
Rayan is four years old and from Homs, Syria, but now lives in Denmark with his mother, Mahad, and his sister Layan. Continue reading “Rayan lives in Denmark with his mother and sister”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, homs, refugee, child
Layan is five years old and from Homs, Syria, but now lives in Denmark with her mother, Mahad, and her brother, Rayan. Continue reading “Layans butterfly”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, homs, refugee, child,
Mahad Khudari, 20 years old, originally from Homs, Syria.
I am only 20, but I think I have a unique story with lots of experience. I was born in Homs and went to school there. I studied till the 6th grade, but had to leave school to get married. I got my first baby when I was 14. I got married so early that it took away my sense of happiness in life. Continue reading “I have changed my life completely”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, homs, refugee,
Alaa Alkoje is 38 years old, from Hama, Syria.
I am from Hama in Syria and I have five children. I came to Denmark in 2015. In Syria, I worked in construction and trade between China, Dubai and Syria. All my life I have been working, because when I was very young, Bashar al-Assad’s father; Hafez al-Assad killed all men in my hometown Hama. He got every man over the age of 16 killed. Approximately 200.000 men.
I started to work with maturing shoes. My father used to make shoes. I did that in the daytime. At night, I got a job in construction. I worked 13-15 hours a day, every day of the week. Continue reading “I wish the Danes to see us people for Syria as hard working people”
Aiden is 20 years old and from Aleppo, Syria.
I had a good and for a boy-my-age normal life in my city. I lived in an apartment with my family and would go to school. I had two hobbies and one of them is chess and the other one is swimming; back in Syria I took a swimming certificate. I had many friends and would work on my computer, which is something that I like a lot and also would like to work with sometime in the future. Two careers I have in my mind and would like to explore are soft engineering and data science. Continue reading “Every day I could hear the noise from the bomber”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: A million stories, denmark, syria, aleppo, copenhagen, refugee,
Manal Tahhan is originally from Damascus, Syria.
I escaped from Syria because my life was threatened there. Before, I lived outside of Damascus. The area was controlled by the army, so I escaped from there to Damascus with my three kids. After that I found a job in the ministry of justice. I worked there as a secretary. After three years from the war, I started to arrange my life in Damascus. It’s no problem. I sent my kids to school. After three years there was a treaty between the Assad-army and the other army, the Isis-army. Continue reading “I started to build my network”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, syria, damascus, refugee,
We were a happy family: my parents, my sister and three brothers. Our happy time and our beautiful life passed normally. I went to kindergarten and school. I was eight years old. Then my mother died. She was very ill. My father is a teacher. He earned too little. The illness was: she always had to go to the toilet, diarrhoea. My father lived in another town. There was his work. My sister and we brothers were still too young to be alone. My sister’s name is Lina. My sister helped my mother. In Bangladesh there was no telephone at that time. We could not talk on the phone. Our neighbours were a little poorer. They did not help us. Continue reading “We’ve been a happy family”
Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugees, asylum, a million stories, germany, bangladesh
My life began quite normally. I finished my university, after studying for six years. After my graduation, I worked in the university. I was looking for a job that matched my qualifications and experience. In 2011 I started working as an accountant. Later I was promoted. I worked in a large company near my home. I enjoyed going to work. After a while I was given more responsibility because the company realized that I could achieve more. Continue reading “Maybe my pen is my only weapon”
Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugees, asylum, a million stories, syria, germany
My name is Merita Krasniqi, I come from Kosovo and I am 37 years old. The country is a very beautiful country, but it is very weak economically. I was a housewife in Kosovo, like many women. I was married and took care of the household. I couldn’t work because I couldn’t afford the trip to the capital. Continue reading “The dream of an own child”
Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugees, asylum, a million stories, Kosovo, germany