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IRAQ / SYRIAN REFUGEES
STORY: IRAQ / SYRIAN REFUGEES
TRT: 2.45
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 14 APRIL, DOHUK, NORTHERN IRAQ
1. Close up, Ali's face
2. Med shot, Ali looking at children in school
3. Wide shot, Syrian refugee children in school in Domiz camp
4. Med shot, Ali looking at school children
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali, Syrian refugee:
“I hope one day I can go back to school so I can be a doctor, teacher or engineer and I hope this day will come soon.”
6. Wide shot, Ali's grand mother asking to buy some food to Ali
7. Wide shot, Ali walking to grocery shop
8. Wide shot, Ali buying in grocery shop
9. Wide shot, Ali walking in the camp
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali, Syrian refugee:
“All my family is still back in Syria. The lines are so bad I cannot talk to them. And my grandfather is sick and they are all are worried about his health. There is no-one here to look after him except me and I have to do everything for him.”
11. Close up, Ali's grand father lying
12. Wide shot, Ali helping his grand father to get up
13. Close up, Ali's grand father
14. Tilt up, Ali massaging his grand father
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed, Ali’s Grandfather, Syrian refugee:
“Ali wasted 16 years in school. He lost all his life for no reason. He came here for us. He takes care of us. I have been living in a state of death for four years. I hate my life so much that if I had poison, I would take it but I cannot find any, my death is all the same to me, but I feel so sorry for Ali, he has sacrificed so much for me.”
16. Wide shot, Ali and his grand parents watching the news about Syria
17. Close up, Ali's grand mother
18. Close up Ali's face
19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali, Syrian refugee:
“The situation in Syria is terrible everywhere there is bombing and killing. Yesterday my dad told me there were clashes and bombing in Qamashli airport and we were so worried. The situation there is terrible, they are bombing our city we were all crying when we heard this news.”
20. Various shots, Syrian children in Domiz camp
21. Wide shot, Ali standing, looking at camp
Ali is 16 years old.
He is one of 2 million Syrian children affected by the conflict.
A whole generation of refugee children are now scattered across the region.
lives disrupted, futures put on hold.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali, Syrian refugee:
“I hope one day I can go back to school so I can be a doctor, teacher or engineer and I hope this day will come soon.”
Ali left his parents and brothers behind when his grandfather’s became critically ill.
As the oldest son in the family, it fell on Ali to bring his grandfather to Iraq.
They live in Domiz camp in the Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq.
Ali has been away from home for six months now
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali, Syrian refugee:
“All my family are still back in Syria. The lines are so bad I cannot talk to them. And my grandfather is sick and they are all are worried about his health. There is no-one here to look after him except me and I have to do everything for him.”
Ali’s grandfather has cancer every week Ali takes him to Dohuk hospital to receive treatment. His grandmother also has health issues.
It is a sacrifice that Ali’s grandfather finds hard to bear.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed, Ali’s grandfather, Syrian refugee:
“Ali wasted 16 years in school. He lost all his life for no reason. He came here for us. He takes care of us. I have been living in a state of death for four years. I hate my life so much that if I had poison I would take it, but I cannot find any…my death is all the same to me, but I feel so sorry for Ali, he has sacrificed so much for me.”
The responsibility is a lot for one so young.
There’s also the burden of the bad news from home.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali, Syrian refugee:
“The situation in Syria is terrible everywhere there is bombing and killing. Yesterday my dad told me there was clashes and bombing in Qamashli airport and we were so worried. The situation there is terrible, they are bombing our city we were all crying when we heard this news.”
Children like Ali who continue to make the biggest sacrifices in this war separated from their families and loved ones they are forced to confront harsh realities of this ongoing conflict.
Ali dreams of the day that he will be re-united with his parents back in Syria this keeps him going through the long days of exile.
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