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Several days ago, a horrible day passed in Baghdad. In one day, more than 250 innocent people died and got injured on three different locations in the Iraqi capital. One bomb was blasted in a popular and crowded market. There were some people who […]

Learning Finnish language these days is becoming quite difficult with a big amount of immigrants in Helsinki and just a few schools available. Two weeks ago I visited one of the most active organizations in this field which is called the Al-Birr organization […]

Nothing is worth more in the life of a human being than humanity. This is one of the advanced countries’ secrets to being on a higher level than many other countries, and something that is missed in many parts of […]

”Whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land – it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one – it is as if he had saved mankind entirely”. This speech is […]

There are a few asylum seekers who have their fingerprint taken in Hungary. They live in worry and await the unknown and fearful future. Some of them really worry about being returned to the country that took their imprint as some of them […]

When I still was staying in the camp there was a lot of free time, so many asylum seekers liked to engage in useful and beneficial work while they were waiting for the immigration decision. Therefore, they participated in voluntary work during their stay […]

Although I was used to living in the camp, I was looking forward to the moment when I live independently and stand on my own feet. Perhaps till now this has not come true literally, but at least I take the first steps toward […]

Last week, I heard about the prayer and mourning of school students in Iraq, on the soules of two of their friends who drowned with their family during their journey to Europe. It was really painful and sad news that may circulate […]

Going forward in our lives as immigrants after getting the residence permit includes many common procedures; some of them are very simple and easy, but the other are not as easy as I expected. The first and second steps were getting the […]

To me, refugee camps meant a new experience that I never had imagined to live. Honestly, in the beginning I hesitated to go there because of the shortage of information I had about the camps, and because of news I […]