About Refugees, By Refugees

“At the end all I wanted was to take my children to safety,” says Ahmed (pseud, 45). A tr

ader from Sudan, he built his life from scratch. But everything changed following the military coup in 2019. “People can’t feed their children,” he says. “There is a shortage of medicine, health, security… Maybe your sister is walking; they can rape her and it’s considered normal.” The head of a trade union, Ahmed was captured and tortured for three months. Even afterwards, threats were ongoing, and he had to flee to protect his family: “My son saw people being killed in the streets… Those children lived a life that’s too much for their age.” The difficult journey from Turkey to Bosnia left his children “psychologically tired and traumatized.” But Ahmed’s enduring love for them gives him hope. He wants them “to be raised like all the children in the world, to go to school and finish their studies,” he says. “My dream is to see them more successful and better than me in life, that is my only wish.” Full Story

“At the end all I wanted was to take my children to safety,” says Ahmed (pseud, 45). A tr

ader from Sudan, he built his life from scratch. But everything changed following the military coup in 2019. “People can’t feed their children,” he says. “There is a shortage of medicine, health, security… Maybe your sister is walking; they can rape her and it’s considered normal.” The head of a trade union, Ahmed was captured and tortured for three months. Even afterwards, threats were ongoing, and he had to flee to protect his family: “My son saw people being killed in the streets… Those children lived a life that’s too much for their age.” The difficult journey from Turkey to Bosnia left his children “psychologically tired and traumatized.” But Ahmed’s enduring love for them gives him hope. He wants them “to be raised like all the children in the world, to go to school and finish their studies,” he says. “My dream is to see them more successful and better than me in life, that is my only wish.” Full Story

“At the end all I wanted was to take my children to safety,” says Ahmed (pseud, 45). A tr

ader from Sudan, he built his life from scratch. But everything changed following the military coup in 2019. “People can’t feed their children,” he says. “There is a shortage of medicine, health, security… Maybe your sister is walking; they can rape her and it’s considered normal.” The head of a trade union, Ahmed was captured and tortured for three months. Even afterwards, threats were ongoing, and he had to flee to protect his family: “My son saw people being killed in the streets… Those children lived a life that’s too much for their age.” The difficult journey from Turkey to Bosnia left his children “psychologically tired and traumatized.” But Ahmed’s enduring love for them gives him hope. He wants them “to be raised like all the children in the world, to go to school and finish their studies,” he says. “My dream is to see them more successful and better than me in life, that is my only wish.” Full Story

“At the end all I wanted was to take my children to safety,” says Ahmed (pseud, 45). A tr

ader from Sudan, he built his life from scratch. But everything changed following the military coup in 2019. “People can’t feed their children,” he says. “There is a shortage of medicine, health, security… Maybe your sister is walking; they can rape her and it’s considered normal.” The head of a trade union, Ahmed was captured and tortured for three months. Even afterwards, threats were ongoing, and he had to flee to protect his family: “My son saw people being killed in the streets… Those children lived a life that’s too much for their age.” The difficult journey from Turkey to Bosnia left his children “psychologically tired and traumatized.” But Ahmed’s enduring love for them gives him hope. He wants them “to be raised like all the children in the world, to go to school and finish their studies,” he says. “My dream is to see them more successful and better than me in life, that is my only wish.” Full Story

“At the end all I wanted was to take my children to safety,” says Ahmed (pseud, 45). A tr

ader from Sudan, he built his life from scratch. But everything changed following the military coup in 2019. “People can’t feed their children,” he says. “There is a shortage of medicine, health, security… Maybe your sister is walking; they can rape her and it’s considered normal.” The head of a trade union, Ahmed was captured and tortured for three months. Even afterwards, threats were ongoing, and he had to flee to protect his family: “My son saw people being killed in the streets… Those children lived a life that’s too much for their age.” The difficult journey from Turkey to Bosnia left his children “psychologically tired and traumatized.” But Ahmed’s enduring love for them gives him hope. He wants them “to be raised like all the children in the world, to go to school and finish their studies,” he says. “My dream is to see them more successful and better than me in life, that is my only wish.” Full Story

“At the end all I wanted was to take my children to safety,” says Ahmed (pseud, 45). A tr

ader from Sudan, he built his life from scratch. But everything changed following the military coup in 2019. “People can’t feed their children,” he says. “There is a shortage of medicine, health, security… Maybe your sister is walking; they can rape her and it’s considered normal.” The head of a trade union, Ahmed was captured and tortured for three months. Even afterwards, threats were ongoing, and he had to flee to protect his family: “My son saw people being killed in the streets… Those children lived a life that’s too much for their age.” The difficult journey from Turkey to Bosnia left his children “psychologically tired and traumatized.” But Ahmed’s enduring love for them gives him hope. He wants them “to be raised like all the children in the world, to go to school and finish their studies,” he says. “My dream is to see them more successful and better than me in life, that is my only wish.” Full Story

“At the end all I wanted was to take my children to safety,” says Ahmed (pseud, 45). A tr

ader from Sudan, he built his life from scratch. But everything changed following the military coup in 2019. “People can’t feed their children,” he says. “There is a shortage of medicine, health, security… Maybe your sister is walking; they can rape her and it’s considered normal.” The head of a trade union, Ahmed was captured and tortured for three months. Even afterwards, threats were ongoing, and he had to flee to protect his family: “My son saw people being killed in the streets… Those children lived a life that’s too much for their age.” The difficult journey from Turkey to Bosnia left his children “psychologically tired and traumatized.” But Ahmed’s enduring love for them gives him hope. He wants them “to be raised like all the children in the world, to go to school and finish their studies,” he says. “My dream is to see them more successful and better than me in life, that is my only wish.” Full Story

“At the end all I wanted was to take my children to safety,” says Ahmed (pseud, 45). A tr

ader from Sudan, he built his life from scratch. But everything changed following the military coup in 2019. “People can’t feed their children,” he says. “There is a shortage of medicine, health, security… Maybe your sister is walking; they can rape her and it’s considered normal.” The head of a trade union, Ahmed was captured and tortured for three months. Even afterwards, threats were ongoing, and he had to flee to protect his family: “My son saw people being killed in the streets… Those children lived a life that’s too much for their age.” The difficult journey from Turkey to Bosnia left his children “psychologically tired and traumatized.” But Ahmed’s enduring love for them gives him hope. He wants them “to be raised like all the children in the world, to go to school and finish their studies,” he says. “My dream is to see them more successful and better than me in life, that is my only wish.” Full Story

“At the end all I wanted was to take my children to safety,” says Ahmed (pseud, 45). A tr

ader from Sudan, he built his life from scratch. But everything changed following the military coup in 2019. “People can’t feed their children,” he says. “There is a shortage of medicine, health, security… Maybe your sister is walking; they can rape her and it’s considered normal.” The head of a trade union, Ahmed was captured and tortured for three months. Even afterwards, threats were ongoing, and he had to flee to protect his family: “My son saw people being killed in the streets… Those children lived a life that’s too much for their age.” The difficult journey from Turkey to Bosnia left his children “psychologically tired and traumatized.” But Ahmed’s enduring love for them gives him hope. He wants them “to be raised like all the children in the world, to go to school and finish their studies,” he says. “My dream is to see them more successful and better than me in life, that is my only wish.” Full Story

“At the end all I wanted was to take my children to safety,” says Ahmed (pseud, 45). A tr

ader from Sudan, he built his life from scratch. But everything changed following the military coup in 2019. “People can’t feed their children,” he says. “There is a shortage of medicine, health, security… Maybe your sister is walking; they can rape her and it’s considered normal.” The head of a trade union, Ahmed was captured and tortured for three months. Even afterwards, threats were ongoing, and he had to flee to protect his family: “My son saw people being killed in the streets… Those children lived a life that’s too much for their age.” The difficult journey from Turkey to Bosnia left his children “psychologically tired and traumatized.” But Ahmed’s enduring love for them gives him hope. He wants them “to be raised like all the children in the world, to go to school and finish their studies,” he says. “My dream is to see them more successful and better than me in life, that is my only wish.” Full Story