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Long way from Eritrea

I come back after 12 hours spent in the forest with the guys from Eritrea and I realize that apart from what they told me about prisons and the morning learning of “bon appetit”, “thank you” and “good morning” in the Tigrinya language, I know almost nothing about this country . I start reading. One […]

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Podróż / Travel #2

The story of a Daesh victim, who Polish state forces didn’t help and instead deported to Belarus twice. When ISIS came to Sinjar in 2014, they also came to our village and wanted to capture us. Some people were fighting. We had a small car that my family drove to the mountains. I stayed with […]

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Podróż / Travel # 1

M. poznał*m na kursie niemieckiego w Berlinie. Jego historię dostawał*m w kawałkach, kiedy spotykaliśmy się na naukę przed testem, albo wracaliśmy po kursie – ja do domu, on do obozu. Zakochiwał*m się w tej historii, chociaż nie jest w żaden sposób wyjątkowa: nie tak dramatyczna, jak reportaże w polskich mediach liberalno-lewicowych, chwilami zbyt bliska stereotypowym […]