We are living harsh conditions. We have discovered how much we love each other, but distance is brutal and until now I am crying because of Oudai’s absence. My kids are growing up with me, but away from their father. Whenever they see a plane in the sky they scream “Papa, Papa come down from the plane. We miss you.” My tears are dropping on the keyboard now. If I were writing on a paper, you would have seen the letters smeared with tears.
My friends Joelle and Marco managed to collect some money for me to get new passports for myself and my kids from the Syrian Embassy. I got them within two weeks. Then on September 5, 2016, I went to the German Embassy for an interview. Unfortunately, they told me that they cannot process my family reunification application until 2018.
It is unfair to keep a father from his children. He can only see his kids through pictures and through hearing their voice over the phone. They are keeping away the most valued person in my life. He is part of my soul. My suffering with my two kids is continuing, they scream when they see a plane passing by and my love is in the diaspora, far away on earth. I wish the ends of earth will fall so that we can meet.
Age: 26
Country of origin: Syria
Civil status: Married to Oudai (in Germany), two children
Current residence: Jordan