Refugee lives
My name is Rashid and I’m a Palestinian born in Damascus. I have lived 9 months in Sweden.
In Syria I lived an ordinary life. I studied and worked in a plastic factory. My family decided to leave the country because of the war. To create a future. As Palestinians we did’nt have a citizenship in Syria.
Continue reading ““Dad if I die in the sea, I will tell God that it was your fault””
Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
My name is Tariq, I’m 23 years old and come from Syria. Today I live in Malmö.
I lived in a city called Dara. I studied and worked at the same time. I finished high school and I wanted to go to college, but there was no security in the country so it did’nt work.
Continue reading ““It was difficult to breathe and to be completely quiet””
Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
Continue reading ““I survived””
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
Matto is a 23 years old artist, who fled from Iraq. He shared a picture of his drawing. He explained the title and the meaning of his drawing: “The drawing has a sad feeling because we cannot talk free, as not everyone is our friend.” Continue reading “Silence is golden”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Iraq, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, Germany
Hello, my name is Nabil. I am 22 years old and I come from Damascus city, in Syria.
Back home I had the opportunity to go to university just for two weeks. I was studying English language but due to the war I had to flee from Syria. Continue reading ““I don’t know if I am strong but I am still alive””
Arin is six years old. She lives in Greece with her parents and her sister. They came to Greece in 2016. She loves drawing and dancing. Continue reading “Arin”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories
Mohammed is five years old and he came to Greece with his parents and his sister. Going to school makes him really happy. He is also learning the Greek language. He likes to wake up early in the morning to go to school. His mum said that sometimes on weekends he cries because he wants to go to school but it is closed. Continue reading “Going to school makes him really happy”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Afghanistan, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories