Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Teen Experiences in War: Transcripts of audio stories by refugees originally from Somalia, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo and Iraq
These stories tell of loss, hope, fear, strength and despair—and most of all, resilience.
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My mom’s side of the family, most of them were killed, seven people at once, including my grandfather…. I don’t know how many of them are left. My mom’s sister lives in Portland now. My mom didn’t know where her sister was for 14 years. (pause) After hearing that you’ve lost a certain amount of people, it’s just like, you get used to it. Oh! A few more to go probably and you’re probably going to hear bad news every other week. So, you have hope for peace. You hope that one day this is going to change, but it just every year by after year. Oh, still, peace has not come. Nothing is resolved. Makes you wanna just stand up and curse for no reason.
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These stories tell of loss, hope, fear, strength and despair—and most of all, resilience.
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My mom’s side of the family, most of them were killed, seven people at once, including my grandfather…. I don’t know how many of them are left. My mom’s sister lives in Portland now. My mom didn’t know where her sister was for 14 years. (pause) After hearing that you’ve lost a certain amount of people, it’s just like, you get used to it. Oh! A few more to go probably and you’re probably going to hear bad news every other week. So, you have hope for peace. You hope that one day this is going to change, but it just every year by after year. Oh, still, peace has not come. Nothing is resolved. Makes you wanna just stand up and curse for no reason.
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