About Refugees, By Refugees

Athul Pereira

…defenders.” His new life is difficult at times; he misses the sunshine, and adapting to a new culture has been a challenge: “We are adapted this society, but outsider.” It…

Yahya Ekhou

…(29) is an asylum seeker living in Germany. He left home in Mauritania because “the people and the Imams in Mauritania issued a Fatwa” after he wrote a Facebook post…

Axiom

…1999 as a young student, after her country was hit by an economic crisis, Axiom says, “I was full of dreams.” But a year later, after forgetting to renew her…

Mostafa Payvandi

Mostafa Payvandi Iranian Iran “I was actually dreaming of becoming a great artist,” recounts Mostafa Payvandi (34), who came to Sweden from Iran in search of religious and personal freedom….

Berry Shemdin

…is “colorful” and “cosmopolitan,” but Berry fears forgetting her sense of self. “I felt like I lost my memory,” she says, trying to reconcile her new life with the one…