Our journey to Turkey was a difficult one.
We brought few items with us, as we had to leave many things behind.
The only thing I brought with me was this teddy bear.
It’s very dear to me.
Hello, my name is Hedil.
There are three children in our family.
I’m the eldest.
Ahid, say hello.
Hello!
Where will you put this piece?
Well, it’s place is… 
here?
Yes!
In my free time, I like to play cards with my brother.
We have fun playing this game together.
I’m not from Aleppo, I originally lived in Latakia.
We went to Aleppo when the crisis began.
It was scary hearing the gunshots and bombings.
I would hide in the fridge to get away from the noise.
I will never forget the days when we would go straight home after school.
because we were afraid of the bombings.
One day, my classmates in Syria wanted to go home early.
I told them not to but they left anyway.
Two minutes after they left, a shell landed near the school.
When we went out to check
we saw that some of my classmates and teachers had died.
This I cannot forget.
I have many friends at my school.
Rahaf and I are walking home from school
but we’d like to go to the garden first.
This is the garden.
After school, we do our homework here.
When I settled in Ankara, I came to this garden
and I used to study here by myself.
One day, Hedil came and asked if we could study together
and we’ve been friends ever since.
I like to come here because there are lots of children playing.
In Syria, children have stopped playing outside due to shelling.
Children here are comfortable, they’re playing and having fun.
I was really happy to enter the music course
because, when I came to Turkey
I wanted to learn the language.
I was bored and had no one to spend time with
so I thought this would help me make new friends.
Now I’ve made friends from Iraq, Turkey, Syria and from the whole world.
