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NameHiba and Adel
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Country of OriginSyrian Arab Republic
Destination CountryTurkey

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s-1 Hiba and Adel are a newlywed couple living in a small single room apartment in a well-known refugee neighbourhood in Gaziantep, Turkey.
s-2 Adel, 26, used to work as a chef in Raqqa before coming to Turkey 1.5 years ago.
s-3 I always loved to cook.
s-4 When I was a kid I would always help out my parents and relatives in the kitchen.
s-5 When I got older, I started to work in kitchens in restaurants, says Adel.
s-6 I knew early on that I wanted to open up a restaurant of my own.
s-7 Things changed for him quickly once ISIL came and took over Raqqa.
s-8 It was not too bad at first, but once they gained control of the city they began closing down all of the shops.
s-9 Thats how I lost my job and couldnt make more money.
s-10 After that things got much worse.
s-11 Then they started the public executions and beheadings.
s-12 I cant even remember how many people I saw killed in front of me.
s-13 It got to the point that all the good memories I had living there were ruined by the horrors that I saw there.
s-14 I left the city while I still had the chance to do so.
s-15 Hiba, 24, was a nursing student in Aleppo when the war began.
s-16 Her love for medicine began at an early age when she would spend time helping out in a medical laboratory and maternity clinic.
s-17 Im fascinated by the whole subject.
s-18 I really do hope to be able to finish what I started one day so I can work as a nurse.
s-19 As the war raged on in Aleppo, Hiba and her family eventually fled to Gaziantep nine months ago.
s-20 While living in Turkey, their families eventually crossed paths and their marriage was arranged.
s-21 I was so nervous when I first met him.
s-22 I knew nothing about him, laughs Hiba.
s-23 Adel also recounts nervous jitters when he first met his wife-to-be I knew that we didnt have to marry if we didnt like each other when we met but once I set my eyes on her I knew she was the one.
s-24 Happily in love, the two had a modest ceremony with close family members, all of whom were from Hibas family.
s-25 I have no family here, my family is still trapped in Raqqa and I havent heard from them in months.
s-26 Now they face a new problem together; finding affordable housing.
s-27 I used to work here in a local restaurant in Gaziantep but the owner was not paying me very much and gradually started paying me me less and less until he simply stopped.
s-28 I couldnt keep working like that.
s-29 As they struggle with paying the rent with no work, IOM has been providing the couple with rental assistance.
s-30 The help is greatly appreciated.
s-31 It has given us some time to breathe and my husband to find new work and I can find a way to resume my studies.

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