TURKEY / REFUGEE SCHOLARSHIP

After fleeing Aleppo in 2013, Sidra’s dream of studying dentistry became a reality thanks to her own determination and Turkey’s support for refugee higher education. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:40
• Production Date: 9 December 2019
• Asset Language: Arabic
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: EDUCATION; REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 2511754
• Parent Id: 2511754
• Alternate Title: unifeed191209b

Description

STORY: TURKEY / REFUGEE SCHOLARSHIP
TRT: 3:40
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC /NATS

DATELINE: 1 DECEMBER 2019, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, Bosporus
2. Wide shot, bridge
3. Med shot, man carrying tray of simits on his head
4. Med shot, people walking on bridge
5. Med shot, tramways passing by
6. Med shot, exterior, Istanbul University
7. Wide shot, Sidra entering university campus
8. Focus shot, tree to Sidra passing by
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sidra Taleb, Syrian refugee:
‘`I am the oldest girl in the family. I am also the first girl in the family to pursue a medical degree.’’
10. Wide shot, Sidra sitting in park
11. Med shot, Sidra on a bench
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sidra Taleb, Syrian refugee:
“’People call me “çalışkan kız” which means: “the girl who studies a lot.”
13. Close up, Sidra’s notes
14. Tilt down, Sidra’s face to papers
15. Close up, Sidra’s notes
16. Close up, dummy’s mouth in dental school
17. Med shot, Sidra working
18. Close up, Sidra’s face as she works
19. Med shot, Sidra’s colleagues in class
20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sidra Taleb, Syrian refugee:
“’I was never afraid of dentists; on the contrary, I like dentists and dentistry. There’s nothing scary about them.’’
21. Close up, drill and cosmetic teeth
22. Med shot, Sidra and teacher
23. Wide shot, Sidra and teacher
24. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sidra Taleb, Syrian refugee:
‘’The day I went back to school was very beautiful, I took a picture of myself and posted it on Facebook.’’
25. Tilt down, Sidra’s face to fingers typing on mobile phone
26. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sidra Taleb, Syrian refugee:
‘’I got some books and watched Youtube videos to learn Turkish. I also made Turkish friends and we started to talk regularly.’’
27. Close up, medical tools
28. Med shot, Sidra working
29. Close up, drill and cosmetic teeth
30. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sidra Taleb, Syrian refugee:
‘’Successful people are able to support the country they’re living in. Turkey has supported me a lot, and it honours me to one day give back to its people and be an active member of society.”
31. Various shots, Sidra and friend walking through Istanbul

Storyline

After fleeing Aleppo in 2013, Sidra’s dream of studying dentistry became a reality thanks to her own determination and Turkey’s support for refugee higher education.

Syrian refugee Sidra fled her home country to seek safety in Turkey where she secured a university scholarship that helped her pursue her dream study: Dentistry.

Sidra is one of around 33,000 Syrian refugee students currently attending university in Turkey. The country is host to 3.68 million registered Syrian refugees, making it the largest refugee hosting country in the world. Efforts to boost access and funding for refugees in quality education will be one of the topics of discussion at the Global Refugee Forum, a high-level event to be held in Geneva later this month.

Turkey is a co-convener of the event, which will bring together governments, international organizations, local authorities, civil society, the private sector, host community members and refugees themselves with the aim of easing the burden of hosting refugees for host communities, boosting refugee self-help and reliance, and increasing opportunities for resettlement.