Al Sadr, he die, but his son, his son maybe fight with the American. They shoot them. They just want to be, like, a hero, you know. They don't care for the people. I say, "Man, what are you talking about?! The American have this one, guns, different. What are you talking about?! You have, ah, ah, Kalashnikov? What do you have? They know where are you. The American, they have everything. Why you kill your people, man? You know, when you make all this stuff, the people are killed. They're destroyed. The people be die, like, for no reason."
2014, I pay money for visa. Around 90,000 Iraqi. Six hundred dollar. Me, and my babies. Then I leave from Baghdad to Kirkuk. We stay on the bus for 44 hours.
Monday, we come to Turkey, and just sleep the night. I wake up with my children. We sleep in the hotel. It's not hotel, like apartment? I wake up at 5:30 in the morning. Just take my children to United Nations. So, I just told them, "I want to get out of here, man. I want to get out, because I have the kids. My life is hard in Iraq. My life is difficult, too difficult. My kids, every day, I'm scared to death, you know. When my kids go to school, oh my God, every minute I hear boom! boom! My heart is like this, all the time, every morning. When they come home, I'm scared somebody come and kill them. My kids, you know?" So I just told them, "Please help me!"
They take my name. They take my children's names. So, between there and there, I don't have a house, I don't have enough, so I go to my cousin. He was in Turkey. My husband's uncle, before me he go there. So my cousin, he help me to find house. Five days, I stay with my cousin. I find a house. The Turkey people, they help me. Too much. They bring some stuff. I buy some stuff to my kids. I just stay in the house. My husband, he work. He send me money, to pay the rent.
My husband used to be coming with me, but he, "No, I can't. I have to work here. La, la, la, la, la-- I told him, "No, you have something going. Why you don't want to come with me? You lose me, man."
"No, I'm coming behind!"
I think he has another woman. Yeah. Exactly.
I stay in Turkey almost three years. After three years, he forget. When he forget, I'm looking for another husband.
I was, want to go to Estraly. You know Estraly? Yeah, Australia! There, they take care of the people. Here, I see different stuff. It's hard. The work. One day, you're not working, you can't do anything. It's hard.
Australia, they pay you for one year. You have to study, study in the school to learn. You have to, every day, go. If not going to school, they don't give you your food. Smart. Then, every day, every night, they give you three times, food. It's nice. Here, it's difficult.
So, I was, want to go to there, Australia.
When they told me, "United States," I told them, "Let me take time. Let me think it," because my husband, he don't want me to go to America, because, I don't know, he has a friend. They told him, "The life in America is hard. The life in Australia or Germany, it's nice."
The people, they told me, "You're lucky, girl! You're lucky, girl! You're fast! There are people who wait seven years! To get out Turkey."
When I come here. The social service, they give me 5,000. They rent the house for me, six months. I do not find a job, five months.
They have ESL classes, but I don't go there. Man, I don't have time. I go one day a week, but I don't like. I already know this stuff. One month, two month, three month in America, this stuff is easy.
I sing. I love to watch music. Everything, music. I love Limp Bizkit. I love Future. Adele. Ali-A. I listen all the time. All the time. Make me forget everything. The music give you" happy.
2014, I pay money for visa. Around 90,000 Iraqi. Six hundred dollar. Me, and my babies. Then I leave from Baghdad to Kirkuk. We stay on the bus for 44 hours.
Monday, we come to Turkey, and just sleep the night. I wake up with my children. We sleep in the hotel. It's not hotel, like apartment? I wake up at 5:30 in the morning. Just take my children to United Nations. So, I just told them, "I want to get out of here, man. I want to get out, because I have the kids. My life is hard in Iraq. My life is difficult, too difficult. My kids, every day, I'm scared to death, you know. When my kids go to school, oh my God, every minute I hear boom! boom! My heart is like this, all the time, every morning. When they come home, I'm scared somebody come and kill them. My kids, you know?" So I just told them, "Please help me!"
They take my name. They take my children's names. So, between there and there, I don't have a house, I don't have enough, so I go to my cousin. He was in Turkey. My husband's uncle, before me he go there. So my cousin, he help me to find house. Five days, I stay with my cousin. I find a house. The Turkey people, they help me. Too much. They bring some stuff. I buy some stuff to my kids. I just stay in the house. My husband, he work. He send me money, to pay the rent.
"No, I'm coming behind!"
I think he has another woman. Yeah. Exactly.
I stay in Turkey almost three years. After three years, he forget. When he forget, I'm looking for another husband.
I was, want to go to Estraly. You know Estraly? Yeah, Australia! There, they take care of the people. Here, I see different stuff. It's hard. The work. One day, you're not working, you can't do anything. It's hard.
Australia, they pay you for one year. You have to study, study in the school to learn. You have to, every day, go. If not going to school, they don't give you your food. Smart. Then, every day, every night, they give you three times, food. It's nice. Here, it's difficult.
So, I was, want to go to there, Australia.
When they told me, "United States," I told them, "Let me take time. Let me think it," because my husband, he don't want me to go to America, because, I don't know, he has a friend. They told him, "The life in America is hard. The life in Australia or Germany, it's nice."
The people, they told me, "You're lucky, girl! You're lucky, girl! You're fast! There are people who wait seven years! To get out Turkey."
When I come here. The social service, they give me 5,000. They rent the house for me, six months. I do not find a job, five months.
They have ESL classes, but I don't go there. Man, I don't have time. I go one day a week, but I don't like. I already know this stuff. One month, two month, three month in America, this stuff is easy.
I sing. I love to watch music. Everything, music. I love Limp Bizkit. I love Future. Adele. Ali-A. I listen all the time. All the time. Make me forget everything. The music give you" happy.
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