Koor Mo (pseud, 22), says his dream is “for Somalia, it will be like peace country.”
rong> Now living in a tent in a refugee camp on the Greek island of Leros, he says he’s happy “because my life is safe.” Koor Mo fled Somalia after the militant group al-Shabab killed his brother who ran a studio. “They don’t like the music, the filming,” he says. The organization then targeted Koor Mo. “They call me and they say to me, we kill your brother and we kill you. If you do like this work, we kill you.” Since leaving Somalia Koor Mo’s mother died, leaving his siblings without parents to take care of them. The responsibility has fallen on him. “When I remember that situation, I feel very bad.” He wants to get out of the camp so he can make money and support them. But, he says, “I feel a lot of pain because I can’t do nothing for now.” He remains optimistic though. “When I sleep, I wake up [with] another idea… Another plan… I renew my life every day.”
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