Jamal Daoud, 39 years-old, 2 months in Lesvos “If I don’t have hope, I will die” “My name is Jamal Daoud, I am 39 years-old and I am from Aleppo, Syria. In Syria I was working as a taxi driver. Our house was destroyed because of the war. I live at ‘eleonas’, outside the Moria […]

Innocent Njeba, 32 years old, 6 months at Lesvos “I know that one day I will leave this island” I am from Cameroon. I am 32 years old. I have been here for two months. I left my country because of political instability. I was brutally beaten by the police, because I am from the […]

Harikajen Satkunaraj, 23 years old, 3 months in Lesvos  “My dream is to go to Athens” “My name is Harikajen and I am 23 years old. I am coming from Sri Lanka. My father was a member of the “Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam” militant organization. In Sri Lanka Tamil people are considered terrorists. They […]

Ahmed Essa, 30 years-old, 2 months in Lesvos “I love her and she is waiting for me to go and find her” “My name is Ahmed and I am 30 years-old. I am a civil engineer. I learnt English in Syria. I have been in Eleonas for the last 2 months. I came to Greece […]

Aymen Rafi, 39 years-old, 6 months in Lesvos  “I need to feel human again” “My name is Aymen Rafi, I am 39 years-old and I am from Iraq. I have studied chemistry. After finishing my studies, I took AutoCAD training classes. The diploma I got gave me the opportunity to work for big telecommunication companies. […]

It is end of January, and we are in Lesvos island. The car slides on the road as we drive from Mytilene -island’s capital- to Moria refugee camp. The refugees are hiding in their tents. As you climb up onto the hill the human geography of the area changes.  First you meet the “single men” […]