When I left Syria I was only 10 years old, so I did not collect a lot of memories. My family and I came to Turkey back in 2014. Coming to this new country, I did not know the language. My life was boring.I was going to school and coming...

Ever since the start of the Syrian conflict, my family and I have moved from one place to the next. From our hometown in Damascus, we made our way to Jordan. In Jordan, we moved four times within the country, and each move meant a different school and a new...

My name is Muaz AlBaghdadi, I'm 23 years old. I am from Ghouta and I left Syria in 2018. One of the most challenging things I faced leaving Syria and going to Turkey, was that I did not have any formal papers to prove where I was coming from. When...

My name is Majd Alkoutaini. I’m 19 years old and I’ve now been in Reyhanli for seven years. I’m originally from Idlib, Syria, specifically the area of Khan Shaykhun.  The journey from Syria to Reyhanli took us three days. The hardest part about leaving Syria was that I left my...

My name is Diana Tabaa, I’m fifteen years old and I joined Karam House this past year. One of my favorite studios was Studio Phoenix. The idea behind the studio is to create a satellite then launch it into space. In this studio, we are gathering information that could help...

My name is Siba Alhaji. I’m seventeen years old, and I’m from Hama, Syria. I’ve been studying in a Turkish school for three years. We’ve been in Reyhanli for eight years, and I know how to speak Turkish, not very well, but I can read and write. The journey from...

My name is Abuldrahman, and I am originally from Homs, Syria. I’m currently enrolled in school,  studying electronics at Karabuk University in Turkey. When I was first thinking about university, I had a lot of financial barriers to consider. I was awarded a scholarship for the duration of the time I’d...

My name is Gofran Bozan. I am 16 years old, and I am from Homs, Syria.  We left Syria in 2014, but we didn’t face much trouble in coming to Turkey because we had passports with us, although the journey here was a bit scary because we had to go...

My name is Abdulrazak, and I’m sixteen years old. I’m originally from Hama, Syria, but we left the country in 2014 and have been in Reyhanli, Turkey ever since.  My dad passed away and it was just me, my mom, and my two sisters left when we got her. That's...

My name is Ruba, and I am originally from Damascus, Syria. I go to high school and I also study culinary. It holds a very special place in my heart.  My family came to Istanbul at the end of 2013, and we haven’t been anywhere since. I left Syria when...

It was snowing the day we came to Reyhanli. Even though it was back in 2010, I remember it very well. As the flakes came down, my siblings and I rushed outside to play. We were enjoying the unusual weather, but our fun was cut short when our parents called...

We arrived in Reyhanli, Turkey in 2013. The journey from Syria to Turkey was a bit hard because I think we came illegally, but I was too young to know much about the details. I find Reyhanli to be nice, though. I like the people here, and I like the...

I came to Reyhanli in 2011, but I remember the journey from Syria to Turkey like it was yesterday. I was in fifth grade when we left, but I never got to finish the school year. I didn’t see much of the war when we were living in Syria —...

Since 2016, my life has been relatively stable, but it wasn’t always as such. Before coming to Reyhanli, I left my hometown in Syria to live in the capital, Damascus. We thought we were safe there, but when tension rose in the area we lived in, we moved to a...

Mohamad is a part of the first cohort of graduates from Karam House Reyhanli.  Today in 2020, seven years after arriving in Turkey, he’s a poster boy for what is possible for refugees to achieve. Through our dynamic and responsive approach to teaching and mentorship, Mohamad has been able to...