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A Whole Life In A Suitcase by Boushra Dabbagh, Syria

Author: By Boushra Dabbagh, Syria
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It was midnight and the voices outside were louder than our voices inside. It was one of the dark days in Aleppo. We were frightened when Dad said that it was time to go! The time when our lives would change forever. We started packing our things, and I was talking to myself while packing, […]
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Putting A Smile On A Sad Face by Wafa, Tunisia

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A few years ago, before the Tunisian Revolution, I wasn’t engaged in any volunteer activities nor affiliated with any NGO. Recently, I’ve been hooked on helping others, filled to the bone with it. Just as my religion encourages, I am kind to my neighbours and my surroundings, but I didn’t expect to help war refugees […]
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Refugee Pride by Houcem, Tunisia

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Omar is a 32 years old male refugee from Kobbaijep- Syria. He moved to Canada a year ago under the asylum program. His story started 9 years ago when he started his bachelor degree in music at the University of Damascus. His first year was “hell” as he described it. People didn’t like the way […]
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I’m a refugee by Ikram Laimeche, Algeria

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It all started in 2010, I was sitting next to my parents drawing something until I stopped and watched TV! It was the first time of my life when I was afraid, it was the Arab spring where all the world started fighting, countries and societies were destroying each other and the most horrible thing […]
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War changed my life by Motasem Arisheh, Syria

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My story starts as every other story does as a calm, sunny day, I can still clearly remember that date and to be frank, who doesn’t in Syria!! It was 16.12.2012 when I was at school and I received an urgent phone call from a friend warning me and said: “Don’t go back home today, […]
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Exile by Behzad Miran, Syria (Arabic follows English)

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At the end of Autumn 2015, I was on the Turkish-Bulgarian border with 5 other young Syrians, whom I had met in the alleys and cafes of Istanbul while we were all searching for smugglers to take us to Europe. We became companions of the trail, but we weren’t sure we had much in common. […]
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Change is Possible By Akar, Kurdistan-Iraq

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I am a Kurdish-Iraqi citizen, born in Iran as a refugee. The place where we lived in Iran was called “Ordogahe Sonqor,” which was near Kermanshah, and there were more than 500 families gathered and living in the area as refugees. There was a school for us where we were mixed with Persian students. I […]
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“Where are the men, speak or I’kill you!” by Alexandrine, Burkina Faso

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There are some moments in life that remain etched in the memory and we re-live the same emotions when we bring back those memories. In regards to the story I’m going to tell you, I still tremble whenever I mention it. We are in 2015 in Lomé, the Togolese capital. The atmosphere is tense. Gnassingbe’s […]
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Khisal | Syria – photo essay –

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From Turkey to Sweden- the journey of a Syrian refugee.
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Osama | Sudan – photo essay –

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It is a very painful thing to leave your birth country and your loved ones when you have so much beautiful memories with them. Being displaced means that you have to start a new life, to search for new people to adapt with and certainly to find a new job.
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