Dreams

Playing professional soccer, earning a university degree and becoming a journalist were my main wishes since I was a teenager but unfortunately they have not come true yet. During my years in elementary and secondary schools I was one of the best soccer players, my family and friends were predicting a bright future for me on the field. Also, I had good skill in writing simple story’s and compositions. I remained an A student in my class and my teachers used to call me a journalist. Of course, it was crystal clear to me that I had to attend university first to become a real journalist after. At least these were my father’s wishes too. He was repeating these wishes all the time before me until I believed them and even as a teen I was telling about these wishes to everyone I knew. Unfortunately during 1979 the Islamic revolution happen in my country and it was start of my family’s exile line. We were Kurds and a political family so we could not stay in our country. To stay safe from new revolutionary Islamic guard on time we moved to the mountains and remained there for a longtime. After the mountains we move to a refugee camp which were protected by U.N.H.C.R and stayed there for a decade without any access to school and basic service for living. 20 years after those black days I still work hard to fulfill my wishes. Due to the fact that I am no longer that teenage boy I cannot become a professional soccer player, but I still have faith that I can complete my university degree.