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AMES 320S: Refugee Lives

Interview with Mahmoud

Interview by Rafae Alam, Trinity ’19 and Sofia Zymnis, Trinity ’21 Before moving back to his birth country of Syria in his adolescence, Mahmoud had grown up in many countries across Asia and Europe, including Armenia, Turkey, Qatar, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and France. After finishing high school, he studied nursing while working to create arts … Continue reading »

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Interview with T

Interview by Thuy-vi Nguyen, Trinity ’20 and Mary Helen Wood, Trinity ’21. We had the opportunity to talk with T over the course of two Skype interviews. Originally from Iraq, T, her mother, brother, and sister have since fled to Turkey. T earned a degree in translation from the College of Art at the University … Continue reading »

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Interview with Jan

Interviewers: Ahmed Salat Birik, Trinity ’21 and Natali Rey, Trinity ’18. Jan is a Syrian refugee who currently lives in Greece. He was born and raised in Qamishli, a city in northern Syria, where his father owned an ice cream factory. He then went to university in Aleppo where he was an engineering student, but … Continue reading »

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“To Understand the Others:” Interview with K.

Before war broke out in Syria, K was a loving son and brother, a passionate student, and a hard worker. After receiving his degree in English Literature from Damascus University in 2009, K was eventually drafted into the Syrian military and forced to fight in the civil war as a soldier under Assad’s regime. His experience … Continue reading »

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Interviews with Ghayath

Sydney Palumbo, Daniela Flamini, Andrea de Francesco Meet Ghayath Over the past three months, Daniela Flamini, Andrea de Francesco, and I have had the unique and incredible opportunity to get to know Ghayath Abd Alaziz, a young man originally from the city of Salamiyah in Syria. As he was serving his country’s compulsory military service, the … Continue reading »

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Gueya

Meet Gueya:  Gueya currently lives in Jounieh, Lebanon, with her parents.  She left Syria in 2013 and moved to Sweden with her family shortly thereafter. She then relocated to Lebanon, where she volunteers teaching English to young children in a nearby refugee camp.  While in Syria she attended the University of Damascus, where she received … Continue reading »

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Interview with Carmen

Interviewers: Elizabeth Burnette, Trinity ‘18; Grace Meisel, Trinity ‘19; Leah Rothfeld, Trinity ‘18 Introducing Carmen Carmen is a Palestinian-Syrian refugee and student who now lives in Toronto, Canada. The grandchild of Palestinian refugees to Syria, Carmen grew up in the Yarmouk camp in Damascus and first sought asylum in Lebanon. Her family was later sponsored … Continue reading »

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Laith Jajo

Under the 1951 Convention Related to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is defined as, “A person who, owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion , is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such … Continue reading »

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Uprooted

“My name is Sufyan. I was born and raised in Baghdad. I am a refugee from Iraq.”  “I used to work in the US Army, starting May 2003, right after the start of the war. Since my job was working with American forces, some people in my village and in my society knew that I’m working with … Continue reading »

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Conversation with Saad

  “Right now we are forgetting our past, we think about future what will happen to our country and our family? They are still waiting there they have to return back to our village. They have to start new life in our village. We will go there to help t them. Right now they are … Continue reading »

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