Jul 3, 2024
English conversation questions
I dream of my
country
Rasha, 12 years old. She is Syrian.
She now lives in Turkey.
People say that Syria used to be
a magnificent country, but today
everything has been destroyed and
that makes me so sad. I know that if I go
back, it will all be different.
We live here, in Turkey. We are trying
to be happy. I go to school like the other
children. Most of the time, us Syrian
girls stick together. The Turkish girls
don’t really like mingling with us…
Sometimes, the teacher asks us
questions about our home country. One
day, he asked me what I missed most.
- Syria, I answered simply.
When we live in a country that isn’t
ours, we never really feel at home.
I’ll tell you what children want. They want
rights! First, the right to go to school and to
speak their own language. Then, the right to
stay in their country. What is happening in
Syria should never happen. Children have
rights. They have the right to play, to study
and to be happy. They should never be sad.
There are three things that I want more
than anything else. First, for my parents and
sisters to be safe and sound. Second, to make
the pilgrimage to Mecca. And third, to see
Syria again.
I’ll go back one day, for sure
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