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Shafaq : Dera'a

Yara : not known

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De vlag van Syrië werd aangenomen op 30 maart 1980 als de nationale vlag van de Arabische Republiek Syrië. Het was ook al de vlag van de Verenigde Arabische Republiek, een federatie van Egypte, Irak en Syrië tussen 1958 en 1961 en de betekenis ervan gaat terug tot de Arabische Bevrijdingsvlag.

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Javad

born Iran

traveled 6,600 miles

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deeply spiritual

artist

writer

filmmaker

carpenter

welder who builds cars

plays violin

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Shadid: between 20 and 30 years old

Sabri: 16 years old

Alia: 7 years old

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Afghan Civil Engineer

mother Fatme (52)

sister Shokoufeh (23)

we think he is (25)

born in iran

fled because of Afghan war

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in jail --> government --> tortured

escaped --> bus --> turkish border

walked 1,5 days --> isolated border crossing --> wait guard are gone

entered turkey without a rial, iran dollar

waiting admitted U.S.

painting buildings

recording, editing movies

adopted dog

two years turkey

authorized U.S.

safe

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Ahmed

15-year-old

from Syria

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Istanbul

artwork

side of the roads

biggest hope --> share art, passion for life

no fear

share art to the world --> new community

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Shahid:

violent group VS PKK (Kurdisch forces)

PKK-> safe place

Sabri:

same reason as Shahid

Alia:

to little to remember

grandparents place

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14 years old

Dera'a (Syria) --> Bekaa (Lebanon)

How --> ?

Father is the only one working for income.

Unknown future

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Two years behind in school but still learning in school to help other people.

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relocated in Syria because of war

fled to Turkey to attend school

fled to Germany without family

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Where are they now? Who was left behind? Has their life inproved?

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Where are they now? Who was left behind? Has their life inproved?

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Shahid:

Sulaymaniyah City, Iraq

abandoned factory

Sabri:

Paiania, Greece

guesthouse

helps Syrian children

psychological problems

Alia:

Damour, Lebanon

Rou'a -> good friend

her pigeons

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welcomed in airport --> new home

finally free, jooyfully proclaimed

acces --> furnished apartment --> limited time

used to transportation, employment

took language classes

looking for job

traveled

lived freely

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The reason: brutality of the civil war

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Father : Mustafa ==> was Arabic teacher, now taxi driver

Mother : Nahed ==> worked at local university, now unemployed

Three sisters

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Turkey

10 July 2014

Headed to Samos island

12 meter long boat

9000 euro for the 3

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Chios Island

Hurled overboard

Italian sailing boat

Others to Samos

15 Afghans and Syrains had been rescued

Shipwreck --> 6 lives

Others still missing including his mother and sister

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France

2 sisters

travelled to France with a travel document issued by the French Embassy

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Small house --> 1 bedroom, small kitchen & 1 bathroom

Illegal --> don't have official documents

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age not known

Syria --> Lebanon

How --> not

lives with her 5 children and husband

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School in Syria

unofficial school for refugees in Turkey

university in Germany

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Left behind --> Her parents and 1 sister in a

refugee camp in Jordan two of her sisters are still in Syria

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reason for fleeing --> the conflict in Syria

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learning embroidery at a self-help group run by Concern Worldwide's local partner

attended workshops for 2 hours a day

makes small income

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Our opinion: yes

Shafaq:

Lucky to have Al Jalil Center

Educational, emotional & psychological support

Not living in war anymore

Has unknown future --> doesn't know where she will be tomorrow

Yara:

Not living in war anymore, but is worried about her family

Small income

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Yes

Better life in France

Missing mother and sister (trapped in the cabin on the boat)

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Ahmed was smuggled alongside other refugees from Turkey ==> Greece

Than he was transported from Greece ==> Hungary where he got offered shelter by a priest

Finally he arrived in Germany where he later became an official citizen

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Yes

--> Now he can make his dream from becomming a docter come true

--> He misses his family, but is happier in Germany