Dialogue with Refugees: talk show at PSPD Academy Neutinamu (15 June 2023)

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📌Thursday, June 15 📌PSPD Academy Neutinamu

To mark UN World Refugee Day, the team held the talk show with ‘Academy Neutinamu’! Yeonu, Shaima and Rezai shared parts of their lives as refugees with the participants. What questions and answers were exchanged? Here is a small peek at the talk show content that left an impression🤗

✍️What comes to mind when you think of ‘family’? 🔹Yeonu) There is a ‘big brother’ who has helped me since I first came to Korea. Through a family that is not related by blood, I came to know the freedom and love I did not feel when I lived with my blood family. 🔹Shaima) My son Omar is still in Egypt. After leaving my family, I came to feel what family is and the value of family. 🔹Rezai) My two younger siblings and my mother are in Iran. While living in Korea, I was able to meet another ‘mother.’

✍️What is your ‘dream’? 🔹Rezai) World peace. It is probably the dream of all refugees. 🔹Shaima) I originally had many dreams, and one of them was to become a successful journalist. But political change made it impossible to keep that dream, and I eventually left Egypt. 🔹Yeonu) My original dream was to leave Syria and live freely. After I came to Korea and succeeded in naturalization, many paths opened up, and now I keep thinking about what to do.

✍️What has changed since coming to Korea? 🔹Rezai) In Afghanistan, many ethnic groups live mixed together, so it was natural to ask about each other’s ethnicity. In Korea, however, everyone is a foreigner. 🔹Yeonu) In Korean food culture, pork and alcohol cannot be separated. I learned soju-and-beer mix first. 🔹Shaima) After moving to Korea, I discovered my strengths and weaknesses. I learned about Korean history and read many books. And of course I watch a lot of dramas too.