In this case we salute the man, not the rank
Wahhab Hassoo (27) ; ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ข ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ’๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ท๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ท๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐จโ๐๐๐ณ๐ฑ
“I am one of the Yezidis who fled to the Netherlands before the war due to genocides and persecution at the age of 17. Being a newcomer to a foreign country is a huge challenge in itself. In my home country, Iraq, I was in my last year of secondary school, after which I might have had a chance to start a university study. I say “maybe” because we Yezidis are nowhere safe due to persecutions and genocides and it often ends for them after high school. #Yazidigenocide by Islamic State is just an example.
My father served as an interpreter in the US Army, but was abandoned after the withdrawal from Iraq in 2009-2010. My father then immediately fled to Europe, where we had to go into hiding. I was in hiding for two years. After my father had reached the Netherlands and obtained a residence permit, we were allowed to go to the Netherlands through the family reunification procedure. Also in the Netherlands I had to stay completely isolated in an AZC for a year, without any form of education or education. We got a house after a year and I was finally allowed to go back to school. I was now 18 years old and hoped to continue my dream. After a Dutch course of about 9 months at the ISK/MBO 1, I have worked my Dutch from level 0 to B2.”
Read the rest of this smashingly inspiring story of persevering in times of great tragedy via X’s post-break tweet. If it touches you to mean something more yourself, read here about his people or support there foundation NL Helps Yezidis. Rest of the story, below:
2023-08-18 19:01:10
#GeenStijl #young #Yazidi #refuses #forgotten #people
