Refugee lives
My name is Mazhar, I’m from Damascus in Syria and I’m 23 years old. I lived a good life and had dreams like any youth. Since I was little I was interested in technology and the internet. My dad was a businessman and we had a high financial standard and therefore I could have a computer and internet.
Continue reading ““But sometimes I wake up at night and start crying””
Dublin Core: Language: sv Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden
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.
Continue reading ““I was part of a group that helped sick people””
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.
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
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.
Continue reading ““I am stateless””
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.
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
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””