Refugee lives
My name is Mansour and I’m 19 years old from Afghanistan.
Even when I was 10 years old, I felt like I was a little different compared to other children, but I dared not tell my family. I discovered that this issue was also forbidden in Iran. I could not stay there either, so I had to flee from Sweden to seek asylum.
Continue reading ““I just want to live my life just like everyone else””
Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
My name is Hassan from Afghanistan. When I lived in Afghanistan with my family, my dad had a problem with a party called “Vahdati”. He had to hide somewhere.
Continue reading ““The bed i sleep in does not belong to me””
Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
Poetry of Soraya:
When you emigrate
When you emigrate, you leave your roots in your home country
The foreigners sit down like a tick in your throat
and reminds you in time and time that you are a stranger
It does not matter if you are new or old in the new country
There is always something missing, some, some
Something has been lost on the way …
Continue reading ““There is always something missing””
Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
My name is Pedram and I come from Iran.
I’m 27 years old. I have been in Sweden for 13 months. I am married and at the moment I study SFI. In Iran, I lived with my family and friends. I was fine because I lived in a small town. The economy and unemployment were no problem. I had a good situation in Iran. I studied electrical engineering at the university.
Continue reading ““Life was hard””
Dublin Core: Language: sv Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
Mariam is 14 years old. She was born in Iran by Afghan parents. Below, you can read her own written story. She has learned to write and speak a little bit of English. She also goes to a Greek school near the Refugee Camp of Skaramagas, in which she stays with her parents.
Continue reading ““I am not a small girl, I am 14 years old””
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Afghanistan, Iran, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories
Mostafa is four years old and was born in Iran by Afghan parents. The photo shows how happy he is that he learned to write his name in Greek. He also told us that he can count the numbers from one to ten in Greek.
Continue reading “His name in Greek”
I am Mohammed and I am seven years old. I go to the A2 class at the school in Haidari. At school, I learned to speak and write in Greek, and I can talk to my friends at school.
I like to play out in the schoolyard, play with computers and doing physical exercises. I like maths and Greek language very much.
My best friend at the camp (Refugee Center of Skaramagas) is Sami and Zachra! Continue reading ““I learned to speak and write in Greek””
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 stories
I’m from Shiraz, Iran. I left my home country on 1.12.2015 because I changed my religion.
When I was five years old, my father and mother got divorced. After three years my mum got married and I stayed with my grandparents until I was 20 years old. Because my grandfather died and my stepfather said that I had to live with them, I moved to my mother’s house. Continue reading “I can now calmly live my religion”
Dublin Core: Language: de Subject: refugees, asylum, Iran, Germany, a million stories