Refugee lives
My name is Yasser, I’m 27 years old and born in the city of Homs, in Syria. I have lived 4 years in Sweden. I want to start by saying that I am a human like everyone else. Growed up and studied in Damascus. I often travelled from Homs to Damascus.
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Dublin Core: Language: sv Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
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.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
My name is Mohamed and I’m 17 years old.
I was born in Saudi Arabia but can still say that I am stateless. I grew up in Saudi Arabia and taught their tradition. The older I became, it felt like I was not welcome in Saudi Arabia.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
My name is Khaled and come from Mosul in Iraq. I lived a regular life until the country became insecure and there was no future for me. I studied and worked during the summer. Then Isis entered the city of Mosul and it was not possible to live there anymore and I had to flee. I first fled to Syria and then to Turkey. I fled alone.
Continue reading ““I was on my way to my death””
Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
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.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden