{"id":1114,"date":"2018-12-21T11:18:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T11:18:50","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-05-28T11:46:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T08:46:27","slug":"1114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/en\/1114\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThey think we are foreigners\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">At last, after long years of bitter, suffering and deprivation of his most basic rights, Muhammad finally managed to realize his dream and obtained the Syrian citizenship.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Muhammad Hasan Omar was born in Ras al-Ayn, Sari Kani city in 1978. He is now married with three children. Muhammad and some 30 members of his family were all stateless, specifically from the <em>maktum<\/em><em>ee<\/em><em>n<\/em><a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\" title=\"\"><sup><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a> class, but fortunately he managed to obtain the Syrian nationality lately in June 2018, as he recounted to STJ field researcher who interviewed him in March 2018<span dir=\"RTL\">:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong><span dir=\"RTL\">&quot;<\/span><\/strong><strong>We tried for years to obtain the Syrian citizenship, but to no avail, even after the issuance of Decree No.49 on the naturalization of <em>ajan<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>ee<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>b<\/em><\/strong><strong> al-Hasakah in 2011<\/strong><strong>. W<\/strong><strong>e submitted our papers to the Civil Status Department, but they told us that the decree is specific to the <em>ajan<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>i<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>b<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\" title=\"\"><strong><sup><strong><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/strong><\/sup><\/strong><\/a><strong> class only and didn&rsquo;t extend to <em>maktum<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>ee<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>n<\/em><\/strong><strong>. However, after strenuous efforts, we&rsquo;ve managed to change our status to <em>ajanib<\/em>, and then we initiated a procedure <\/strong><strong>to<\/strong><strong> obtain<\/strong><strong> the<\/strong><strong> Syrian citizenship<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><strong>I&rsquo;ve received my family book, while the issuance of the ID would take several months. Besides, I will hire a lawyer to register my land and the estate <\/strong><strong>under<\/strong><strong> my name, <\/strong><strong>because<\/strong><strong> all our family&rsquo;s property is still registered in the name of my mother, <\/strong><strong>who died in<\/strong><strong> 2000. I do<\/strong><strong>n&rsquo;t <\/strong><strong>know what difficulties I will face doing this, but I&rsquo;m sure that it will not outweigh the difficulties I encountered before, <\/strong><strong>when<\/strong><strong> I was not permitted to hold a government position, and the jobs at the private sector<\/strong> <strong>which were available for us were of low salaries<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><strong> I didn&rsquo;t have the right to own any good nor to open a bank account, but now<\/strong><strong> that <\/strong><strong>&nbsp;I obtained citizenship<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong><strong> my life will be far better<\/strong><strong>&rdquo;.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Muhammad hopes that his children will pursue education and get all their social rights, so that they will not suffer the same fate as him and his family<span dir=\"RTL\">:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"RTL\" style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong><span dir=\"RTL\">&quot;<\/span><\/strong><strong>None of us, me and my five brothers, stud<\/strong><strong>ied<\/strong><strong> after elementary level<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><strong>I dropped out to help my father in working in agriculture<\/strong><strong>. W<\/strong><strong>e used to rent farmlands to work in to get a share of the profit from the landowner. As for my children, I enrolled them in school under a residence permit issued by the mukhtar<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\" title=\"\"><sup><strong><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/strong><\/sup><\/a>. Regarding health care, we were not entitled to receive treatment in public hospitals. In 2000, my nephew, Muhammad Faseih Hasan, was diagnosed with leukemia, so my uncle, who has the Syrian nationality<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong><strong> took him to the al-Mouwasat, a government-owned Hospital in Damascus, to receive treatment, and registered his name in the hospital records instead of my nephew&rsquo;s and stayed with him for several months<\/strong><strong>. W<\/strong><strong>e, as stateless, were not even allowed to visit him in hospital because we did not have any proof of identity<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><strong>There is so much to say about our suffering<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><strong>I do<\/strong><strong>n&#39;<\/strong><strong>t want my children to live in bitterness as <\/strong><strong>I do.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Muhammad&rsquo;s family did not enjoy any political or civil rights before 2018<span dir=\"RTL\">:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"RTL\" style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>&ldquo;Since we did not have Syrian citizenship, we were subjected to various restrictions. W<\/strong><strong>e were forbidden to vote or to be elected, and worse still, we were banned from traveling abroad<\/strong><strong>. W<\/strong><strong>e were just permitted to travel between governorates inside Syria, <\/strong><strong>but<\/strong><strong> not<\/strong> <strong>to stay in hotels, for not having IDs. Besides, my marriage was under Islamic <\/strong><strong>law<\/strong><strong> contract<em>, <\/em>and not legally registered, as was the case for the births of my children. However, now after the passage of more than fifteen years of my marriage I got the family book.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Muhammad explained that it is not that easy for the Syrian government to compensate stateless Kurds<span dir=\"RTL\">:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>&ldquo;When I was in the sixth grade at school, I wasn&rsquo;t permitted to join The Baath Vanguards camp in al-Hasakah with my mates, <\/strong><strong>because<\/strong><strong> I did not enjoy Syrian citizenship<\/strong><strong>. T<\/strong><strong>he <em>maktum<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>ee<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>n<\/em><\/strong><strong> and <em>ajanib<\/em> students were not permitted to participate in any activity outside the school, which made me feel sad and inferior.&nbsp; And when I grew up I was ashamed to buy an estate or a car, because I was not able to register it <\/strong><strong>under<\/strong><strong> my name, <\/strong><strong>but<\/strong><strong> compelled to register all my possessions <\/strong><strong>under<\/strong><strong> the name of my mother, and later my wife&rsquo;s. <\/strong><strong>A<\/strong><strong><em>janib<\/em><\/strong><strong> and <em>maktum<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>ee<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>n<\/em><\/strong><strong> men <\/strong><strong>usually <\/strong><strong>prefer to marry a girl who enjoys Syrian nationality, so that they can register their property in her name. I will always remember all the sufferings we&rsquo;ve experienced, regarding education, none of my family members attended secondary school or university, because we were used to hear the words &quot;What would you have from education, nothing!!&rdquo;.&nbsp; We wouldn&rsquo;t be compensated in any way, because<\/strong> <strong>at some point we were prepared to pay any amount to acquire Syrian nationality. In my opinion, the only solution to the Kurdish issue is to grant citizenship to <em>maktum<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>ee<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>n<\/em><\/strong><strong> too<\/strong><strong>. M<\/strong><strong>any of <\/strong><strong>them<\/strong><strong> have not yet acquired Syrian nationality<\/strong><strong>. M<\/strong><strong>ales over the age of 19 must <\/strong><strong>also <\/strong><strong>be exempted from military service.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"RTL\" style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" style=\"direction: ltr;\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<div id=\"ftn1\">\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\" title=\"\"><sup><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a> Sing. maktum\/maktumah, i. e., unregistered stateless people.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ftn2\">\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\" title=\"\"><strong><sup><strong><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/strong><\/sup><\/strong><\/a> Sing. ajnabi\/ajnabiyah, literally &raquo;foreigners&laquo; i.e. stateless. unregistered stateless people.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ftn3\">\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\" title=\"\"><strong><sup><strong><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/strong><\/sup><\/strong><\/a> The head of the neighborhood.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At last, after long years of bitter, suffering and deprivation of his most basic rights, Muhammad finally managed to realize his dream and obtained the Syrian citizenship. 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