Akram

Born in Homs, Syria.

Also lived in Damscus, Syria and Beirut, Lebanon.

Currently living in Italy.

My tears fell when I saw these paintings, seeing your pain mixed with my broken memories. I am not an artist, but I felt like every one of them was shooting a different story. I have no pictures, my phone is broke (just one other thing to make my life easier).

For me, the situation here isn’t the best. I don’t know how to explain it, but being here as a refugee without any kind of help or support physically, mentally or emotionally made the time very hard to pass. Hopefully, it’s over now. Honestly, it was not that bad… I had a more difficult time in Syria and in Lebanon, where my family and I spent more than a month unable to leave the house, without electricity, sometimes without even water for days. So truthfully I didn’t really feel bad in quarantine, with electricity and food and water, with internet also. It was like a good vacation against my past experience in life. It is hard to be alone, though.