Going back to my family

I am Basel and I am 27 years old. My origin is from Palestine, but I was born in Syria as a refugee. In Syria, I was studying at the University as a Chemical engineer. Also, I am a tailor. I fled from Syria because of the war and the bad condition. Thus, I decided to start my journey to Europe. Continue reading “Going back to my family”

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I dream of working as an Arabic teacher in Germany

I am 38 years old and come from Beirut in Lebanon. In my home country I studied High Arabic, later I worked as an Arabic teacher. I lived with my family.
Beirut is a very beautiful and above all very open city. Life in Lebanon is very expensive, but the wages are low. It is not easy to survive there. Continue reading “I dream of working as an Arabic teacher in Germany”

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I started a football club in Copenhagen

Diyar Dersem, 33, From Syria and then Lebanon.

I was in school up until highs school and then started working with embroidery machines. I had to come to Denmark because of problems I had due to my political views. I travelled via Turkey, Greece, Italy, Germany and came to Denmark by train. Continue reading “I started a football club in Copenhagen”

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The woman with two roles

My name is Faten, I come from Lebanon and I am 44 years old. Lebanon is a small country, we had many problems in Lebanon because there is too little work for the people there. I have a daughter, I’ve been divorced since she was three. My ex-husband didn’t take care of us. I had to work for the whole family. I guess that’s why he married me, so I could work. Continue reading “The woman with two roles”

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