About Refugees, By Refugees

Sharmin Toloeimehr

…a better life and freedom for myself. I faced many challenges on my way to freedom and now I live in Germany and trying to achieve my goals. Hoping for

Ali

Ali Pakistani Pakistan “My dream is this one – to come in the London. To stay here. To live like for the free man,” says asylum seeker Ali (pseud, 37),…

Obaid Allah Alam

…we should raise our children for the good future.” He uses the analogy of being in a tunnel to describe the challenge of re-starting life in a new country “If…

Roholah Mohamadi

…residence cards saw him and his wife deported to Afghanistan, his country of birth – a place they neither knew nor felt secure in. “People who lived there didn’t care…

Meiirbek Sailanbek

…his new language skills to continue writing articles about human rights injustices. “Some people be free because of media,” he says. “Even in the danger I will continue my work.”…

Amin Mostafazadeh

…“they think not different Muslim, not different Christian – is so good. I’m so happy with people.” Although this freedom has come at the cost of leaving his family and

Luka

Luka X X “My dreams always was of being free – I wanted to be free all those fears,” says Luka (29). When talking about her life in her country…

Omar Elfatairy

…Said, Egypt, in parliament. As a journalist, however, he felt his life was in danger and left Egypt to avoid imprisonment. Now in Turkey, he can’t renew his passport, which…