Tag: Greek

I am a refugee, my name is Omar. I came to Greece on February 27th, 2017. When I was living in Syria, I had a normal life as all the people. I was with my family and we didn’t have any problem. Then, the war started in Syria and I was arrested for a short time. So, I decided to go to Turkey and I was there for 1 year and 6 months. Turkish people have different behavior to Syrians. There, we didn’t have a job and I start thinking to leave Turkey, so to find a job in Greece. Continue reading “A barbershop”

I am a Syrian refugee from Damascus. My name is Ali. I am 23 years old. I got married two years ago. The war has started in Syria for a reason we don’t know. Our life was very nice there we could go to the university, to the school, to play sport, to go back home very late because we had a safe place. What you wanted to do in Syria, you could do it. When the Revolution started, we didn’t know how. Continue reading ““After many bad experiences, we arrived in Greece””

Ονομάζομαι Rifaat και είμαι από τη Δαμασκό της Συρίας. Ήμουν φοιτητής στο Τμήμα Γαλλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας της Σχολής Ανθρωπιστικών Σπουδών και Καλών Τεχνών. Με το ξέσπασμα του πολέμου, η πρωτεύουσα της χώρας μας έχει γίνει πολύ επικίνδυνη και προσπάθησα όσο το δυνατόν πιο γρήγορα να πάρω τη γυναίκα και τα παιδιά μου και να φύγουμε για την Τουρκία.

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