“When I am singing I feel that I am praying” We hold Goshen in our arms. He lays his head on our shoulders and observes the world around him. He does not complain. Although he is only 5 months old, he is very calm, like his mother, Sarah. The time passes by and he falls […]
He is waiting to cook for us in this year’s Refugee Food Festival in Athens, on the 20th and 21st of June at “Vassilainas” restaurant Adel began cooking at the young age of 15. He was influenced by his older cousin who was a professional cook. From 2009 till 2013, he was working as a […]
On Friday the 20th of June, Barshank will cook for the second Refugee Food Festival at the restaurant “Ama Laxei”, in Athens city center. He is inviting us all to taste recipes from his home country. His homeland is Syria. We met him last year since he was one of the five participants of the […]
Ahmad: “I love painting and its magic more than anything else I do” When he draws, he wants to listen to music. The extraordinary thing is that he listens to ‘Odes’, the album of Greek folk songs by Vangelis Papathanasiou sung by Irene Papas! “I know a lot about Greece. One of my favorite painters is […]
“We sing Congolese gospel. The Bible says that to sing is to pray twice” Therese, 30 years old, comes from Congo. She studied to become a nurse but her dream was to work in the music field. As a teenager she was singing in a band. When she announced to her father her decision to […]
“Painting is in my blood. I do not have to make any effort; it comes naturally” Richard is slender. He is wearing a houndstooth scarf on his neck and a pair of jeans that has painted himself. He is only 24 years old but talks like a mature man. The forced migration, the loneliness of […]
“I am an artist and I will die as an artist” “I have my life back home”, says 33-year-old Sami who fled Congo to come to Greece. He has been living in Greece since December 2016. His long journey began from Moria, Lesvos and ended in Thessaloniki. We are sitting at the lounge of the […]
“Here, when you want to succeed, and when you have a lot of ideas, people support you and encourage you. On the contrary, in Congo people hold you back” Momo is 26 years old, and he is coming from far away, from Congo. He has studied Mass Communications, he had his own rap band, he […]
