Stateless for 28 years and only then your first passport: Ahmad Mallah incorporates his stories into his art

Stateless for 28 years and only then your first passport

Fortune seekers`

Do you know how painful it is to run?

Do you know how hard it is to leave your house?

Sometimes we don’t choose that

Sometimes we just do that

Because staying is no longer possible

Because it is no longer possible to live

Because we still want to dream

And we want to keep dreaming

They call us refugees

And sometimes fortune seekers

We all live on earth after all

Mother Earth

Why am I this and is that you?

Yes, my name is Ahmad

And I come from the distant lands

From the Middle East

And yes, I am a fortune seeker

That’s a nice word

I seek happiness

So do you, I believe

War broke my heart

A very long time ago

And me, I try to forget

To party

To keep breathing

Please let us dream

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