Stories of Hope
Discover our ‘Stories of Hope’: Real-life accounts from our Students that inspire unity, resilience, and optimism for the future.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
