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NameSemhar
Genderfemale
Country of OriginEritrea
Destination CountryGermany

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s-1 My name is Semhar Abraham, I'm 27-years-old and from Kassel.
s-2 I recently received my graduate degree in business law.
s-3 My father is from Ethiopia and my mom is from Eritrea.
s-4 In 1993 I arrived in Germany at the age of 5 and I have been living in Berlin for almost 5 years.
s-5 When I think back to the time I first arrived in Germany, I mostly remember being very cold and that it was snowing.
s-6 Home for me means family and friends.
s-7 It's the place where I feel good, because I'm surrounded by people who love me.
s-8 That's the case here in Germany, but also in the countries my parents come from.
s-9 I have a set of coffee cups from Eritrea in my kitchen.
s-10 In Eritrea, we have so called coffee ceremonies.
s-11 You meet with your family or also with friends and spend time with each other, you talk and drink home roasted coffee from these cups.
s-12 Here in Berlin, I drink an espresso from this cup almost every day.
s-13 My grandparents were very important people for me.
s-14 They are my role models, especially because they gave so much without ever demanding anything in return.
s-15 They came to Germany as early as 30 years ago and then had the rest of the family join them.
s-16 Back then, there was war in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
s-17 That makes me a refugee child.
s-18 Like the people now coming from Syria.
s-19 I feel German, but at the same time also Ethiopian and Eritrean.
s-20 The fact that you can see I'm from somewhere else sometimes causes problems.
s-21 People don't treat you like a German, but like a migrant.
s-22 However, those are isolated cases.
s-23 Fortunately, I have rarely had bad experiences with racism.
s-24 My philosophy is to ignore racist comments.
s-25 I think you give them additional power if you pay too much attention to them.

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