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Can

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we

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understand

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each other?

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I don’t think people can understand me.

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 Last year I wanted to fly to Turkey

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to visit my father,

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who was sick.

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I tried twice to get a visa

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but I couldn't get one because I’m a refugee.

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My father died

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and I didn't get a chance to see him again.

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Can you understand that?

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 I can't really understand that

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because I was recently in New Zealand

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visiting my father

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and I can visit him whenever I want,

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including when he’s sick.

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Can you understand that?

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Yes, I can understand Sif.

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What he experienced.

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When I was in Syria,

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I saw on television how
many cities were destroyed.

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 I couldn't believe that

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until I went to Lebanon.

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On the way,

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I travelled through 
Aleppo and Homs and Damascus.

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That's when I saw the cities.

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They were like ghost towns.

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The places I had seen before

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and then in the war,

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they were completely different.

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I felt afraid in that place.

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You couldn’t imagine

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that people had ever lived here.

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I think

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to understand something,

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you have to experience it yourself.

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I believe I can understand it,

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but I can't fully appreciate it

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because I haven’t experienced it myself.

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But I think

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in order to understand it,

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it’s important to talk to people

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who’ve experienced it,

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and I think people

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who aren’t willing to engage with refugees

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will never be able to understand them.

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Can

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understand

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us?