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NameMalakeh
Genderfemale
Country of OriginSyrian Arab Republic
Destination CountryGermany

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s-1 I first went to Jordan, but in Jordan we cannot all work.
s-2 So my husband Mohammed decided to come to Germany to work.
s-3 After 14 months, I traveled to Germany to follow my husband.
s-4 That was eight weeks ago.
s-5 I came here very comfortably on a plane, but only because my husband had taken the difficult route.
s-6 He escaped to Turkey and from there to Greece, from Greece to France, from France to Germany.
s-7 This is a very complicated way, but if I want to summarize this trip, I will say: Its over, its now our ex-life.
s-8 I went to Germany because we have a very bad government in Syria.
s-9 They kill every person who works against them.
s-10 This was the reason to leave my country.
s-11 In Syria I left everything to go to Jordan and start from zero.
s-12 There I got a new job, worked at a TV channel as reporter and presenter, but my husband could not work there and had no passport.
s-13 When I decided to follow him to Germany I also left my life behind in Jordan: my work, university, home, good job, and my car.
s-14 I left everything in Jordan.
s-15 When I came to Germany, it was not easy to start from zero again.
s-16 Everything here is good, but when you had to leave your old life in your home country, it is hard.
s-17 This country is doing good things for us Syrian people and we in return must be a good people also.
s-18 We have to do a lot of good things in Germany and for Germany.
s-19 Im here as a cook, as I had a cooking-show in Jordan.
s-20 Now Im thinking to start a catering company and to teach German people how to cook Syrian food.
s-21 I want to share our food and our culture with the people.
s-22 The question about what I miss the most touched me inside.
s-23 I miss all the streets in Syria, I miss my home, everything!
s-24 Maybe I miss the jasmine roses of Syria the most and the Barada-river in Damascus and all the shops.
s-25 When I was in Jordan, everything I saw was so similar to everything in Syria.
s-26 But also in Germany the old cathedrals remind me of our churches in Syria.
s-27 There are no words to explain how much I miss my country.
s-28 It is an emotion that cannot be explained.
s-29 Malakeh and her husband are planning for a future in Germany, but they miss Syria very much.
s-30 Malakehs definition of home is simply Mother!.

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