Shadi, 14
Syria, kurdish
very social, loves to cook (learn from his mother and which is very unusual in his society)
speaks turkish, arab, kurdish, little german
he joined his father (who arrived earlier) with his mother this year and now goes to school in Vienna
Anastasia, 20+
Malaysian chinese grown up in Germany
Vienna since 2013
wants to be a fashion designer
(loves the architecture of Vienna but people are often rude)
working at the Carla shop at Brotfabrik
her sister lives in London
speaks german, english, chinese
Hanah, 50+
Palestine
muslim
journalist
she came as a tourist with her daughter and stayed
speaks english, arab, russian, german
she helps out at many places as a volunteer (cause she has no permission to work legally)
she feels limited because they live in a refugee house with other muslim women who strictly follow the clothing traditions and expect everyone do the same
Asia, 40+
Syria
muslim
housewife
she followed his husband who is a doctor
she learns german because she wants to do things on her own but for everything you need a paper and she doesn't have the permission yet
speaks arab, german
Salwa, 40+
muslim (?)
she followed her husband and is in Vienna since 2012
she is one of the local cooks of Community Cooking
Parisima, 40+
she is originally from Iran but lived and worked in Dubai for dozen+ years
she was a hotel manager in high position
arrived in Vienna 11 month ago
she was fired and threat because she changed her religion from muslim to catholic
speaks persian, english, a bit of arab
Stella, 30+ (?)
Russia, Kaukazus
she worked in public administration she was fired because she spoke up against corruption
she is also nutritionist and now aiming to open a restaurant in Vienna (?)
back home friends are in prison or killed, she decided to leave because sha can't imagine to bear corruption and injustice
also writes/wrote sometimes in online newspapers
she is one of the local cooks of Community Cooking
Deeqa, 20+
Somalia
muslim
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