“Dignity and Freedom”
“My dream is to have my own apartment”
“From Libya to Italy”
I want to be a dentist
I lived in the city of Tehran in Iran. It is the capital of Iran. I have different feelings when I think back. The time was nice when I had my family with me. But that was not always the case. Continue reading “I want to be a dentist”
Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugees, asylum, Iran, Germany, a million storiesI couldn’t go to school there
My hometown is Schahrerey.
I come from Iran, but my home is Afghanistan. I haven’t seen my country. I was born in Iran. About 2012 I left Iran because I couldn’t go to school there. Continue reading “I couldn’t go to school there”
Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugees, asylum, Afghanistan, Germany, a million storiesThere was no more work
The war has begun. Then there was no more work and no safety. That’s why I left my home country. Continue reading “There was no more work”
Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugees, asylum, Syria, Germany, a million storiesThey forced my father
I’m from Goshta, Nangarhar. Goshta is a small village between the mountains. There’s a river. My village is located on the left side of the river – just like the old town in Cologne on the left side of the Rhine. We have many green fields and many large houses. We have no electricity and in the summer we have about 50 degrees. The summer is not easy to bear. Continue reading “They forced my father”
Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugees, asylum, Afghanistan, Germany, a million storiesIs there no other solution?
Since I was born, I’ve only seen wars. Eight years of war between Iraq and Iran, followed by the Kuwait war, then the USA and Iraq. Then the civil war – war between themselves – and the IS war. Continue reading “Is there no other solution?”
Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugees, a million storiesEverything here is fine
There are no words to describe my hometown, because it is more beautiful than all the other cities. I was born by the sea, where the sun shines everywhere. Where the people are open, where you can go on holiday, where you can go to school, university and hospital for free, where there are no homeless people and poor people, where nobody dies of hunger. This is my town Lattakia. Continue reading “Everything here is fine”
Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugees, asylum, Syria, Germany, a million storiesWe moved a lot
My hometown Qamishli is a small town. Because of the civil war Quamishli is ruled by Kurds. It has the Kurdish name Rojava. The summers are very hot and dry. But in winter it is very wet. There is not far away the national airport. From there you can fly directly to Damascus. Continue reading “We moved a lot”
Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugees, asylum, Syria, Germany, a million stories