About Refugees, By Refugees

Zaina Erhaim

…is certainly a good thing,” she says. Erhaim says she has already achieved her dream of becoming a journalist, and now she is “dreaming of getting a passport that would…

Serken Kilic

…at me differently. ‘Who is that guy?’” Having patience and belief in himself has helped, he says—so has traveling, which relaxes him. “You listen to people passing, you feel everything,…

Omama Zankawan

Omama Zankawan Syrian Syria “My dream was always to travel to Africa and come up with campaigns or plans, awareness about nutrition, about well-being, about diseases and illnesses.” Omama Zankawan…

Arezo Sharifi

…was fear, there was terror from having to pass mountains and forests, and to face people who you don’t know, having to cross borders, it was hard,” says Arezo of…

Masoud Amiri

…of difficulties on the way, we passed mountains and seas with plenty of hardship.” His family has been his source of strength. “Sometimes my wife’s heart got broken but I…

Nadia Khedr

…life in Egypt as blessed but says with al Sisi’s presidency her son had “false legislations [made] against him.” Her family had to come to the UK to “keep living…

Elena Yaqubee

…life going to Europe, nearly suffocating in an overcrowded vehicle traveling to Turkey. She felt hopeless then, “fighting death to reach that comfortable life.” Now in Greece, bad camp conditions…

Said Yaser Taheri

…as he and his family were threatened by the Taliban. Passing through Iran and Turkey, they entered Europe by sea on their eleventh try. Now living in a camp in…