Arisa

My name is Arisa, I am 4 years old and I was born in Iran. I have been in Greece for about 3 years now. I came with my family when I was a little. I really like drawing and dancing. I also play with my sister very much. Continue reading “Arisa”

Dublin Core: Language: en, el Subject: A Million Stories, Iran, Greece, Refugee

I hope to work again with sewing machines

I am Marziye and I am 48 years old. I came from Iran with my family, but my origin is from Afghanistan. I have three boys and one girl. The last two years we live in Greece. We are staying for almost one year and a half at Skaramagas Refugee Centre. Before Skaramagas, we were staying near Piraeus port. Continue reading “I hope to work again with sewing machines”

Dublin Core: Language: en, el Subject: Greece, Afghanistan, Iran, refugee, A Million Stories

“Best of luck”

My name is Alireza, and I’m 38 years old. I came from Iran two years ago to Sweden. I’m married and we live together in Sweden. We got married in Iran. In Iran, I worked at a factory for 15 years. At the moment I study Swedish to study at university. My son was born in Sweden and I wish him all the best of luck in the future.

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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden, Iran

We fled over the mountains by foot

Man, 39 years old, West Kurdistan (Iran)

As a result of the political situation in Iran, I decided to flee with my wife and children: We fled over the mountains by foot and it took us around 10 hours to reach Turkey where we went in bus to Izmir, which took us another 30 hours. And from Izmir we got out on the sea in a rubber dinghy that was 6 metres long and we were in total 40 persons on the boat.    Continue reading “We fled over the mountains by foot”

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, kurdistan, iran, refugee,

Foreign homeland

My name is Midyan, I am 32 years old and come from Iran. Originally I am a Kurd from the West of Iran. In Iran I studied graphic design, I would have liked to do my master but I had to flee. I had to leave my home country for political reasons. I love my homeland, I think all people do that. Continue reading “Foreign homeland”

Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugees, asylum, a million stories, iran, germany