About Refugees, By Refugees

Mohammad Yamani

Mohammad Yamani Yemeni Yemen “My dream was to start a new life,” says Mohammad Yamani (pseud, 35) reflecting on his decision to leave Yemen. “I left my country because of…

Abdalla Yahia

…shaped him as a person, Abdalla is traumatized by the experience. He has nightmares about prison, and misses his family. “I feel that my life isn’t complete,” he says. “You…

Niki

…describing why she left Azerbaijan seven years ago to seek a new home in Europe. “It was a very repressive society… And that eventually caused a rift in me, a…

Anas Kamal

…to face. Explaining his experience as a gay man in Syria, where he was born, Anas says, “You are comfortable in so many ways. But comfort does not mean that…

Armin

and to join the new life that you have to live… Once I got into their lives and did the same thing they did, I didn’t feel like a refugee,…

Hannah Bakhtiari

…works for an Iranian news program in London, where she moved three years ago. “Now I cope with problems in a different way…it took a long time to come out…