Hear Their Stories
The story below is part of a campaign that NPR is doing called #15Girls which interviews 15-year-old girls who are struggling to change their fate from child brides, refugees, education, etc. The story below interviews Fatmeh, who fled Syria with her family to Lebanon. Fatmeh says "I had a dream that when I came here to Lebanon I would study here and go to school here and become an Arabic language teacher here," she continues "And then [I hoped] when I go back to Syria, my dream would have been achieved. But it did not work at all with me here" (Beaubien, 2015).
The following are a few quotes pulled from various scholarly interviews and news sources that refugee children have spoken to:
