Refugee lives
My name is Mohamad, Palestinian from the Yarmuk refugee in Damascus. We decided to leave Yarmuk when it became uncertain in the area, 90 percent of the Yarmouk population fled. I saw people die in front of me. My house was destroyed and my wife was injured and passed away two days later.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
My name is Osso and I come from Hassaka, the city in North East Syria is about an hour away from Turkey. About 700,000 citizens of different nations live there. Kurds, Arabs, Armenians. There are many religions represented in Hassaka, Hassaka is a colorful city almost like a small Syria. I love it very much, my little town.
Before I came here, I lived there with my parents and my siblings. I always miss my old life, we were a community, we lived together, ate together, cooked together. It was much nicer for me than it is today. Continue reading “Hope of the path”
Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugees, asylum, syria, germany, a million stories
My name is Sara and I come from Syria. I came to Sweden 1.5 years ago.
In Syria, I worked as a teacher for 27 years. We lived in a refugee camp in Damascus but we decided to move to another area. After some time it became insecure to stay there, so we decided to escape.
Continue reading ““The smugglers treated us very badly””
Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
I’m Mohammed. I’m 19 years old. Two years ago I came to Germany because of the war in Syria.
At first I was forced to go to Turkey. After that I went back to my city (Kobani) after ISIS was gone. But I couldn’t live and study there without work. That’s why I decided to come to Germany. Continue reading “I immediately started to learn German”
Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: asylum, refugees, a million stories, germany, syriaMohammad Bader al Deen Al Mozeek is 50 years old, from Damascus, Syria.
I came to Denmark in august 2015, with my oldest daughter. I have 5 girls and a boy. We lived in Sønderborg for 8 months, and then we moved to Hillerød. I came from the old Town of Damascus. Damascus is a beautiful city, we have an old river that is about 10000 years old. I had my own company, but got a job in Saudi Arabia, as a projectleader. Continue reading “Mohammad has a very special skill”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, refugee, family reunification, denmark, syria, saudi arabia, music, hillerød, sønderborg, damascus