Making Home Away

So I sat them down and told them: the five of us are here, me, you and your father, wherever the five of us are, that place should be your heaven.

Discover their stories

Stories

tagged Education

Amira

Current 'home'

London, Ontario, Canada

Journey time

Four years

For us, we do not consider Syria as a home anymore.

Nabil

Current 'home'

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Journey time

Four years

There is nothing worse than injustice.

Nasim

Current 'home'

Jordan

It is a bit better now but it is still bad

Wafa

Current 'home'

Jordan

Journey time

Four years

We were hoping to go to Za’atari camp, but they assigned us here.

Nairuz

Current 'home'

London, Ontario, Canada

Journey time

Seven years

So he was the first of our family to leave Syria, when he was 18 years old.

Safwan

Current 'home'

London, Ontario, Canada

I worked as an Uber driver only to improve my English, to get out of the house, and to make some money

Azida

Current 'home'

Athens, Greece

The incident that made me decide to leave Syria...

Eliana

Current 'home'

Jordan

...it will not be easy for them to go back...