About Refugees, By Refugees

Javier

free press. “I feel safe” in Hamburg, he says, but life has been difficult: “I didn’t know anybody. I didn’t have friends, I didn’t have family. I didn’t speak the…

Konte

…about not having the right papers to live and work in Germany: “I cannot sleep comfortable because I am always scared… any second they can come and catch me.” His…

Nader

…fall in love, to be able to travel freely, and “to have the end of this overthrown the president of Syria because he is the president of the Devils himself.”…

Wafa Mustafa

Wafa Mustafa Syrian Syria “I’ve always dreamed of a free democratic country where citizens have their dignity and where law is there,” says Syrian refugee Wafa Moustafa (30). “I come…

Evora

Evora Syrian Syria “My dream is for this war to stop and for my country and my people to have a life with dignity and freedom,” says Evora (pseud, 36)….

Yosef

…associations in Russia. I received threats. And because of that, I decided to leave my country…I also left to be able to love freely.” He explains how he f elt…

Shivan Rohat

Shivan Rohat Kurdish Kurdistan, Syria/Rojava “I dream that my country will be free one day,” says Shivan Rohat (pseud, 30), a Kurdish refugee from Syria. Shivan left Syria because military…

Shammi Haque

…an outsider has led to bouts of depression: “every negative thing, every all those things come in my mind.” But she is no longer afraid. “I can say whatever I…

Mirqedir Mirzat

…country of freedom.” He says of his homeland “What leaks out is just 1% of the truth so we can’t imagine what’s going on… our hearts can’t bear it anymore.”…