Muhammad has lived long years as an ajnabi. He was not able to study his favourite university major, nor to choose the profession he would practice, as he was stripped …
Stateless
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Kameran used to be disappointed every time he proposed to a girl, because he is a stateless Syrian Kurd. All the attempts he made to resolve his legal status were …
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As a stateless Syrian Kurds from the maktumeen class, Nasr El Din was not allowed to possess or acquire any property. He has been deprived of all his civil and …
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All of Aziz’s 12 mates were accepted at the “Mathematics and Physics Faculty” in Deir ez-Zor University, except him, as he did not have a secondary school certificate, he returned …
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Written Stories
“Sometimes I wonder how people can feel happy when they get a new baby, when we feel guilty for it”
by wael.mAbdulrahman wasn’t able to fulfill his dream of attending the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in the capital, Damascus, as he was forced to drop out, because he is a …
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Hasan Ibrahim did not find a better job than working as a porter. He was destined to live poor, and to be a father and grandfather of stateless Syrian Kurds. …
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Rasheed was not able to master the Arabic language and not permitted to pursue education. Instead, he was forced to work as a house-painter at an early age to earn …
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Written Stories
It’s better for my children to grow up in the country of refuge, so as not to suffer the same fate as mine
by wael.mJuma’a has been stateless for 33 years, feeling like a stranger in his own country. He was once stopped by Syrian security service agents, who questioned and interrogated him as …
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Bandaar still feels sorry for himself, since he wasn’t able to pursue his education like any other young of his age, he wasn’t been supported to do so, but rather …