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Stories From Refugees Nonam
Stories From Refugees Nonam
Stories From Refugees Nonam
2:00 - In my teenage years, like everyone else I was working different jobs. (remove this full stop)
2:11 - until I left Kurdistan to come to Germany a few years ago.
2:50- There are some a number of reasons why I left my country, some of them personal also.
3:02 - The scars on my body are testament to these personal reasons. (add full stop)
3:20 - After spending some time in despair, I could not continue to live in Kurdistan.
3:47 - The smuggler promised to take me to Europe for a fee. certain amount of money
4:00 - Late at one night the smuggler gathered all of us together to hit Europe
4:11 - we were 25 to 30 people inside the a van which was designed for regularly takes only 15
people.
4:32/33 - weird jump on one image (parent carrying child, with child looking at camera but I don’t
know if this can be changed, sorry I if I am too fussy!! )
4:56 - At one some point there was someone who couldnot could not walk anymore
5:04 - He he rejected help and wanted to wait for death, a slow death.
5:17 - I experienced all the bad worst things imaginable. (add full stop)
5:37 - The road we took was better than coming via through the sea way.
5:43 - Those who took the sea way travelled over the sea suffered much more compared to us.
6:00 - How tragic can it be to hold the dead body of a dead child?
6:10 - This child, this butterfly, lost his life like many other butterflies in the sea. (add full stop)
6:22 - Will the children who took this long way journey to Europe ever forget what happened to
them?
8:18 - Also, we had macaroni almost everyday. (I reworded this sentence a bit)
8:57 - The time we spent in these volleyball pitches was the most difficult time for us.
9:40 - There was always a very big crowd crowed in the front of the building,
9:50 - Myself I often waited waited often for more than four days in line.
10:07 - It was around that time, that I heard someone had died in the crowd. crowed
10:18 - If it was not for the police, they would have jumped and died.
10.22 - They had suffered too much, they were in a bad psychological spcycological condition.
10:44 - After surviving the long waiting lines, our papers were issued.
11:22 - So I spent fifteen days sleeping on the street in the freezing cold.
11:27 - Despite the huge big number of refugees coming to Europe, (comma)
12:17 - They teach us a lot things in terms of, for example, culture.
15:51 - I got up at 6:30 because my work place was far from my camp accommodation. (I think the
word camp here is not perfect, as there are no tents etc... accomodation works better)
16:30 (an extra piano note!! This is very minor but can u fade the music down hal a second earlier to
lose the last music note? Sorry I am fussy, its a very small thing, so probably does not matter!)
16:38 - That’s why I myself went and asked for an internship myself.
19:13 and brawny Mountain sheep (this jumps really fast on screen!... can it be added to the subtitles
on previous screen at 19:12, I think it would work better if possible)
19:14 Generally, 20 people work for sake of the wellbeing of these animals.
19:25 - Soran was an intern here. He did a good job. (the sound fades a little quickly as he finishes his
sentence)
20:56 - Enough!
23:07 - Upon finishing the course , I would be able to could find a job.
23:34 - I enjoy would like to do doing sports in my free time. (instead of ‘doing sports’ does
‘keeping fit’ or ‘going to the gym’ make sense here?)
27:33 - Soran, Muhammad and I are have been living here for one and a half years.
30:24 - War has led to millions of deaths. War made millions displaced and has caused the
displacement of millions of innocent people.
Many of those affected by war have tried to reach Europe. Although many refugees have safely
completed the journey, many have disappeared and lost their lives on the way.
Each refugee has a story to tell; and this is only one. They have all suffered a great deal which is why
every refugee wants to narrate his/her own story.
(I think this can be worded a little better in English but I do not want to change too much please
speak with me on facebook about this section if I have changed to much or changed the meaning of
what you wanted to say)