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NameLinda
Genderfemale
Country of OriginIraq
Destination CountryBulgaria

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s-1 Linda came to Bulgaria with her family.
s-2 Her husband Freddie owns a restaurant in Sofia.
s-3 Linda works as a translator and is also one of the founders and chairwoman of the Council of Refugee Women in Bulgaria – a small NGO that supports refugees during their process of local integration.
s-4 As a refugee you cannot get a visa and go wherever you like.
s-5 We were content with the country that would give us security.
s-6 The first thing I felt when I arrived in Bulgaria was peace and safety.
s-7 People were so tolerant towards my family and me.
s-8 People take care of each other here.
s-9 I honestly really feel Bulgarian; the feeling comes from within.
s-10 At the beginning when I got here I did not know any Bulgarian words, so we decided to live in a Bulgarian neighbourhood, inhabited by local people.
s-11 We let the kids play with Bulgarian children and we only watched Bulgarian television.
s-12 One time, when buying groceries, the cashier asked me about my kids.
s-13 I told her in English: I have two children - Sandra and George.
s-14 She asked in Bulgarian: Momiche i Momche?
s-15 I told her: No, Sandra and George.
s-16 She again said: Momiche i Momche.
s-17 I asked my daughter to come translate and ask the cashier why she so badly wanted to change the names of my children.
s-18 It turned out that Momiche i Momche are the Bulgarian words for girl and boy.
s-19 One other thing that differentiates Bulgarians from the rest of the world is the way they nod yes and no.
s-20 I wanted to go to the city centre and there were five taxis waiting in the street.
s-21 I went to the first one and asked: to the centre?
s-22 He nodded no.
s-23 So I went and asked the second, he also nodded no.
s-24 The same happened with the third and fourth.
s-25 Finally the fifth driver answered in English and said yes.
s-26 So I asked him: Why didnt the other drivers want to give me a ride?
s-27 He answered: did they nod their head saying no?
s-28 Well, that is the way we nod yes in Bulgaria.

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