“We moved here because my dad was a Kurdish soldier and he had been in one of Saddam Husse

in’s prisons for two years,” says former refugee Shatoo Amin, 22. She was four when she left Kurdistan with her family. They first moved to Iran, then to Syria; in 2003 they joined her father in Sweden, where he had been living for a year. Going through many changes was hard, but she had her own strengths as a child: “I loved being in the center of attention,” she says, laughing. “That motivated me…to be outgoing and to be brave.” Having older siblings was also “very reassuring,” she adds. “If my sister and brother can do it, then I can too.” The Swedish citizen now works part-time at a day care and enjoys film and acting. “My dream is to become a movie director or an art director.” She also wants to start a company one day. “Where I am now…is a very positive outcome,” she says. “Being able to become whoever I want, like I can study, I can work—I have, like, all the opportunities in the world.” Full Story

“We moved here because my dad was a Kurdish soldier and he had been in one of Saddam Husse

in’s prisons for two years,” says former refugee Shatoo Amin, 22. She was four when she left Kurdistan with her family. They first moved to Iran, then to Syria; in 2003 they joined her father in Sweden, where he had been living for a year. Going through many changes was hard, but she had her own strengths as a child: “I loved being in the center of attention,” she says, laughing. “That motivated me…to be outgoing and to be brave.” Having older siblings was also “very reassuring,” she adds. “If my sister and brother can do it, then I can too.” The Swedish citizen now works part-time at a day care and enjoys film and acting. “My dream is to become a movie director or an art director.” She also wants to start a company one day. “Where I am now…is a very positive outcome,” she says. “Being able to become whoever I want, like I can study, I can work—I have, like, all the opportunities in the world.” Full Story

“We moved here because my dad was a Kurdish soldier and he had been in one of Saddam Husse

in’s prisons for two years,” says former refugee Shatoo Amin, 22. She was four when she left Kurdistan with her family. They first moved to Iran, then to Syria; in 2003 they joined her father in Sweden, where he had been living for a year. Going through many changes was hard, but she had her own strengths as a child: “I loved being in the center of attention,” she says, laughing. “That motivated me…to be outgoing and to be brave.” Having older siblings was also “very reassuring,” she adds. “If my sister and brother can do it, then I can too.” The Swedish citizen now works part-time at a day care and enjoys film and acting. “My dream is to become a movie director or an art director.” She also wants to start a company one day. “Where I am now…is a very positive outcome,” she says. “Being able to become whoever I want, like I can study, I can work—I have, like, all the opportunities in the world.” Full Story

“We moved here because my dad was a Kurdish soldier and he had been in one of Saddam Husse

in’s prisons for two years,” says former refugee Shatoo Amin, 22. She was four when she left Kurdistan with her family. They first moved to Iran, then to Syria; in 2003 they joined her father in Sweden, where he had been living for a year. Going through many changes was hard, but she had her own strengths as a child: “I loved being in the center of attention,” she says, laughing. “That motivated me…to be outgoing and to be brave.” Having older siblings was also “very reassuring,” she adds. “If my sister and brother can do it, then I can too.” The Swedish citizen now works part-time at a day care and enjoys film and acting. “My dream is to become a movie director or an art director.” She also wants to start a company one day. “Where I am now…is a very positive outcome,” she says. “Being able to become whoever I want, like I can study, I can work—I have, like, all the opportunities in the world.” Full Story