The Journey Assadullah is a former asylum seeker from Afghanistan who came to Australia on a boat in 2010. He was forced to spend time in immigration detention centres in Christmas Island and Curtin, Western Australia...
Category - Ambassadors
Oleksandra
The Journey I came to Sydney in March 2022 because a war suddenly broke out in my country. Until that moment, I was an ordinary woman from a beautiful country.I worked at school as a psychologist. This is the second...
Deena
The Journey I was born in the city of Kirkuk, in the north of Iraq. My family and I escaped Iraq in 1986, a month before my tenth birthday. It took us fifteen days to travel by foot to reach the border with Iran in the...
Rnita
The Journey My family and I were part of the revolution against the Bashar Assad regime in Syria, which meant we lived in constant fear. It was commonplace for people like us to be harassed, arrested or simply disappear...
Tariq
The Journey I have lived in Afghanistan, Iran and Australia. I was born when we were about to leave Afghanistan due to Soviet Union invasion back in late 1980s. We came back to Afghanistan in July 2001, a few months...
Shankar
The Journey My father used to be a teacher. He taught philosophy at a university in Sri Lanka. It was his dream job. He made friend with activists and students and loved being able to share his knowledge with them...
Rita
The Journey I came to Australia in 1993 as a refugee, when the Mujahideen took over Afghanistan. I experienced the war firsthand and understand the need for voices to represent innocent people who have faced — and are...
Yaser
The Journey I escaped Iran after the Iranian Government brutally suppressed its people in the Green Revolution in 2011. I fled my homeland on an unknown journey halfway around the world to Indonesia, where I took a boat...
Tahera
The journey I was working with MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) in the northern part of Afghanistan when the Taliban attacked the city in 1998. That same day, I was forced to leave the country or face execution. I started...
Sophie
The journey Syria used to be a very safe place. I spent 25 years there, going to university, hanging out with friends and travelling. In 2011, when the war broke out, we started to feel threatened. We then became used...
