Stories of Hope
Discover our ‘Stories of Hope’: Real-life accounts from our Students that inspire unity, resilience, and optimism for the future.
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ARASH (AFGHANISTAN)
in StudentsARASH (AFGHANISTAN) FEBRUARY 2019 TO JANUARY 2020 I’m a citizen of Afghanistan. I was born on 5th of June 2002 in Tehran capital city of Iran. Habibi Center, a small place which doesn’t even look like a school at first glance. When I moved to Athens Greece. I couldn’t speak English except a few simple…
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MAHMOUD (SYRIA)
in StudentsMAHMOUD (SYRIA) JULY 2019 TO AUGUST 2021 Hey folks! I’m Mahmoud, 20 years old. I’m from Syria. I was in Habibi Center for slightly over than 2 years. At first, I was asked by my shelter to be registered for English classes, so the journey began with Habibi Center. I joined it to enable myself…
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TAYEBE (AFGHANISTAN)
in StudentsTAYEBE (AFGHANISTAN) MAY 2019 TO AUGUST 2021 I am Tayebe and I am 19 years old. My nationality is Afghan but I was born as well as I grew up in Iran. I was at the Habibi Center for 3 years. I had a friend who was going to the Habibi Center and I asked…
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SHERIF (SYRIA)
in StudentsSHERIF (SYRIA) JANUARY 2019 TO NOVEMBER 2019 I’m Sherif. I was a student in Habibi Center for 10 months. I was studying at another school before Habibi Center. Then my old school closed and my teacher told me: “there is another school and we will go there to register you”. I accepted immediately because I…
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MUSTAEED (AFGHANISTAN)
in StudentsMUSTAEED (AFGHANISTAN) JANUARY 2019 TO MAY 2020 Hello my name is Mustaeed Alizada. I’m 15 years old. I come from Afghanistan. I was a student in Habibi Center for about 1 year. I was living in one shelter house in Athens. I was searching to find English class and I told to my social worker…
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DAVID (AFGHANISTAN)
in StudentsDAVID (AFGHANISTAN) JANUARY 2019 TO AUGUST 2019 Hello I’m David. My beautiful teacher and I together chose this name for me. My nationality is Afghan and I’m living in UK at the moment. For almost 8 months, I had this chance to be one of the Habibi Center’s students, so we can say that in…
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N.R (AFGHANISTAN)
in StudentsN.R (AFGHANISTAN) JUNE 2018 TO JULY 2019 My name is N. R. I’m 17 years old, from Afghanistan. I started at Habibi Center in September 2018. I found Habibi Center through my friends. I join Habibi Center to learn English language better. I met Stephanie in my first day and she was very kind and…
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MARWA (AFGHANISTAN)
in StudentsMARWA (AFGHANISTAN) MARCH 2018 TO MAY 2019 It was a warm day of March when I came to a shelter. I couldn’t speak English but I could understand a bit. I was worried about my future and what will happen. All that without being able to communicate very well. After a couple of days the…
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CHAMRAN (UNDISCLOSED)
in StudentsCHAMRAN (UNDISCLOSED) MARCH 2018 TO JUNE 2018 Being in Greece as a refugee was hard and it is harder without any communication skills. Although the official language is Greek, being able to speak a good level of English can decrease your problems. Since there operate many international organizations and a wide network of volunteers from…
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SAHAR (AFGHANISTAN)
in StudentsSAHAR (AFGHANISTAN) JANUARY 2018 TO JANUARY 2020 I am Sahar Nazari, 19 years old. I was born in Iran but my nationality is Afghan. Two years ago, I could not speak English or Greek and I wanted to know people, history and society. So, I asked my social worker to go to an English language…
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BUSHRA (SYRIA)
in StudentsBUSHRA (SYRIA) JANUARY 2018 TO NOVEMBER 2018 My name is Bushra. I’m from Syria. I’m 18 years old. I came to Athens when I was 17 years old. One day I was so upset because I am losing my future and my big dreams and it’s really hard to start from zero but I said…
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NARGIS (AFGHANISTAN)
in StudentsNARGIS (AFGHANISTAN) AUGUST 2017 TO APRIL 2019 I am Nargis. I am 19 years old. I am from Afghanistan and I am living in Athens, Greece. It was two years ago when I met my future teacher in my shelter. That time I was living in Attiki. One day I was studying with my computer…
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MAHER (IRAQ)
in StudentsMAHER (IRAQ) AUGUST 2016 TO DECEMBER 2017 First of all, hello to everyone who’s reading this! My name is Maher, I’m 19 years old and I am from Iraq. I was a student at Habibi Center 5 years ago, I was studying in Habibi Center about a year and a half. As one of the…
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AZIZA (IRAQ)
in StudentsAZIZA (IRAQ) AUGUST 2016 TO JANUARY 2017 My name is Aziza. I am 18 years old and I am from Iraq. When I was 15, I went to Greece and everything was very difficult for us: to speak English and to know other people. I lost my friends and everything in my country and I…