Diana Markosian Hanan Abdo Elias, 15, came to Germany from Iraq in 2015. When asked to describe her journey, she closed her eyes, and spoke softly through tears. "I don't know why this happened to us," she said. " (...)
All I remember was water. I thought we were going to die." Wolfsburg, Germany. 2017. © Diana Markosian | Magnum Photos
Diana Markosian Sala, 7, first saw the sea when he was forced to flee his home in Iraq. "It looked so deep," he recalled. "I didn't know how to swim." Upon arriving to Germany, he was hesitant to enter the pool. H (...)
e said it reminded him of the boat, and of all the refugees fleeing. Wolfsburg, Germany. 2018. © Diana Markosian | Magnum Photos
Diana Markosian GERMANY, Wolfsburg. 2017.
"It was not nice because we were on boat travelling.
And the children were crying seeing the sea for the first time
the sea was so big.
We were one hour and a half on (...)
the boat,
it was very cold was
we had a lot of fear" © Diana Markosian | Magnum Photos
Diana Markosian GERMANY, Wolfsburg. 2017.
Sala, 7, first saw the sea when he was forced to flee his home in Iraq. "It looked so deep," he recalled. "I didn't know how to swim." Upon arriving to Germany, he was he (...)
sitant to enter the pool. He said it reminded him of the boat, and of all the refugees fleeing. © Diana Markosian | Magnum Photos
Diana Markosian GERMANY, Wolfsburg. 2017.
Sulin was only 5 year-old when she was forced to flee Iraq. Her family was among the 50 or so refugees on a tiny rubber boat coming to Europe. "There was a hole in the bo (...)
at," she recalled. "My foot was stuck in it. I was scared we would all die." Now, 8, Sulin has learned how to swim, overcoming her fear of water. © Diana Markosian | Magnum Photos
Diana Markosian GERMANY, Wolfsburg. 2017.
Sulin was only 5 year-old when she was forced to flee Iraq. Her family was among the 50 or so refugees on a tiny rubber boat coming to Europe. "There was a hole in the bo (...)
at," she recalled. "My foot was stuck in it. I was scared we would all die." Now, 8, Sulin has learned how to swim, overcoming her fear of water. © Diana Markosian | Magnum Photos
Diana Markosian GERMANY, Wolfsburg. 2017.
Sulin was only 5 year-old when she was forced to flee Iraq. Her family was among the 50 or so refugees on a tiny rubber boat coming to Europe. "There was a hole in the bo (...)
at," she recalled. "My foot was stuck in it. I was scared we would all die." Now, 8, Sulin has learned how to swim, overcoming her fear of water. © Diana Markosian | Magnum Photos
Diana Markosian | .jpg Sulin, 7, learns how to float on her back. When she started her lessons, her biggest fear was being alone in the water. When I showed her this image of herself, she smiled, "It can't be me," she sa (...)
id. "I never thought I could be on my back." Wolfsburg, Germany. 2018. © Diana Markosian | Magnum Photos