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.
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Rima

Current 'home'
Jordan
a hand you can’t bite, you kiss!
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Nour

Current 'home'
Jordan
Journey time
6 months
Simple things can create a home atmosphere...
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Hayat

Current 'home'
Jordan
The lack of electricity is hardest.
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Amira

Current 'home'
London, Ontario, Canada
Journey time
Four years
For us, we do not consider Syria as a home anymore.
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Fatima

Current 'home'
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Journey time
One year
...those utensils feel like home to me.
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Marwa

Current 'home'
Jordan
Honestly, I can’t handle it.
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Farida

Current 'home'
Jordan
I had just delivered my baby girl. She was one month and ten days old...
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Samira

Current 'home'
Jordan
We trusted them and they didn’t give us any trouble, until one day, one of them wrote a report...
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Suha

Current 'home'
Jordan
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Amira

Current 'home'
Jordan
Journey time
Four years
I felt that we were (going to be) staying here for a while, so I started decorating.
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Omran

Current 'home'
Berlin, Germany
I planted it and I lived in it.
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Amira

Current 'home'
West Midlands, UK
Journey time
Seven years
It’s hard to change house.
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Yara

Current 'home'
Athens, Greece
I want one thing, that God protects my family.
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Munira

Current 'home'
Jordan
At least we have a roof above our heads now.
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