4 NAWEb Refugees' stories by Tessa Rubbens https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5 en-us 2025-02-06 14:03:00 UTC 2025-02-20 11:17:23 UTC hello@padlet.com An Iranian Refugee Story tikadebacker https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3322293195

  • Javad

  • born Iran

  • traveled 6,600 miles

    • ]]>     2025-02-10 10:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3322293195     Who? Age? Where did they come from? https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3322293851 Shadid: between 20 and 30 years old

    Sabri: 16 years old

    Alia: 7 years old


    ]]>     2025-02-10 10:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3322293851     Hosein and his familie https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3322298128 2025-02-10 10:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3322298128 who is Javad? tikadebacker https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3322299141

  • deeply spiritual

  • artist

  • writer

  • filmmaker

  • carpenter

  • welder who builds cars

  • plays violin


    • ]]>     2025-02-10 10:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3322299141     Who is Hosein? robbelanduyt https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328627867

  • Afghan Civil Engineer

  • mother Fatme (52)

  • sister Shokoufeh (23)

  • we think he is (25)

  • born in iran

  • fled because of Afghan war


    • ]]>     2025-02-14 08:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328627867     The story of Javad. https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328639054

  • 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

    • ]]>     2025-02-14 08:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328639054     A refugee story from Syria https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328642840

  • Ahmed

  • 15-year-old

  • from Syria

    • ]]>     2025-02-14 08:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328642840     Javad and his art. https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328644530

  • Istanbul

  • artwork

  • side of the roads

  • biggest hope --> share art, passion for life

  • no fear

  • share art to the world --> new community

    • ]]>     2025-02-14 08:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328644530     Reason for fleeing? How did they flee? sieskestelyn https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328644694 Shahid:

    • violent group VS PKK (Kurdisch forces)

    • PKK-> safe place


    Sabri:

    • same reason as Shahid


    Alia:

    • to little to remember

    • grandparents place

    ]]>     2025-02-14 08:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328644694     Shafaq https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328644723 14 years old

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

    How --> ?

    Father is the only one working for income.

    Unknown future

    ]]>     2025-02-14 08:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328644723     Shafaq https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328647469 Two years behind in school but still learning in school to help other people.

    ]]>     2025-02-14 09:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328647469     Ahmed's journey https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328648893

  • relocated in Syria because of war

  • fled to Turkey to attend school

  • fled to Germany without family

    • ]]>     2025-02-14 09:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328648893     Where are they now? Who was left behind? Has their life inproved? sieskestelyn https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328651100 Shahid:

    • Sulaymaniyah City, Iraq

    • abandoned factory

    Sabri:

    • Paiania, Greece

    • guesthouse

    • helps Syrian children

    • psychological problems

    Alia:

    Damour, Lebanon

    Rou'a -> good friend

    her pigeons


    ]]>     2025-02-14 09:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328651100     Life in America, Sacramento https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328651352

  • 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

    • ]]>     2025-02-14 09:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328651352     Shafaq https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328651464 The reason: brutality of the civil war

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  • Turkey

  • 10 July 2014

  • Headed to Samos island

  • 12 meter long boat

  • 9000 euro for the 3

    • ]]>     2025-02-14 09:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328651556     Ahmed's family https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328653835

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

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

  • Three sisters

    • ]]>     2025-02-14 09:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3328653835     Stop 3 robbelanduyt https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331131292

  • France

  • 2 sisters

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



    • ]]>     2025-02-17 09:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331131292     fled from Syria https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331131900 Shafaq : Dera'a

    Yara : not known

    ]]>     2025-02-17 09:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331131900     Shafaq's home https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331134990 Small house --> 1 bedroom, small kitchen & 1 bathroom

    Illegal --> don't have official documents

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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

    • ]]>     2025-02-17 09:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331141586     Yara https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331146450 age not known

    Syria --> Lebanon

    How --> not

    lives with her 5 children and husband



    ]]>     2025-02-17 09:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331146450     Ahmed's enrolment in different schools https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331148164

  • School in Syria

  • unofficial school for refugees in Turkey

  • university in Germany

    • ]]>     2025-02-17 09:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331148164     Yara https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331150712 Left behind --> Her parents and 1 sister in a

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



    ]]>     2025-02-17 09:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331150712     Yara https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331153238 reason for fleeing --> the conflict in Syria


    ]]>     2025-02-17 09:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331153238     Has their life improved? https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331160153 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


    ]]>     2025-02-17 10:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331160153     Has their live improved? robbelanduyt https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331162855

  • Yes

  • Better life in France

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


    • ]]>     2025-02-17 10:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331162855     What does Yara do now? https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331163814

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

  • attended workshops for 2 hours a day

  • makes small income

    • ]]>     2025-02-17 10:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331163814     Ahmed's smuggling https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331168781

  • 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

    • ]]>     2025-02-17 10:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3331168781     Has his life improved? https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3334572314

  • Yes

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

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

    • ]]>     2025-02-19 16:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/taalklasatheneumOudenaarde/qlv756j0ccv7p3e5/wish/3334572314