Maria
Maria says that her story as a refugee is full of too much fear and insecurity. She has been living in Greece since fleeing political persecution from Iran more than twenty years ago, but she still has no permanent status of any kind. The difficulties of her life as a refugee have taken their toll: the mental anguish of not knowing what the future holds and the memories of bringing up her children with almost no money to buy adequate food and clothes are hard to live with. Sometimes she feels like giving up but finds strength and companionship in an intercultural theatre group.
“Greece is a country that makes you feel insecure. If it weren’t for the theatrical group, it would have been awful. When our work was mentioned in the newspapers, I thought to myself ‘My land is the stage.”
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