Jasmine's Refuge: Inspired by Stories of Syrian Refugees in the West (ePub)

Hiba Koueifi was born to a Syrian father and a Lebanese mother, in Damascus, the Syrian capital where she spent the days of childhood and the beginnings of her youth happily and safely in a family that loves and supports education and work. In the 1980s, she got married and moved to reside in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. She continued her education there, where she studied law and completed a specialization in the fundamentals of Islamic jurisprudence, and she also taught Arabic from time to time. She has some unpublished writings. This was during the Lebanese Civil War. She lived through the meanings of the war, which was intensifying at times, so she sought refuge with her family in her first homeland, Syria. The war faded at times, and life returned as if nothing had happened.

The writer was among the few lucky Syrians who neither experienced the Syrian war nor asylum but had previously experienced a similar experience in the Lebanese Civil War.

Although the Lebanese war ended in the 1990s, the country continued to suffer from instability, so the family decided to move to America and live there, then to face the difficulties of living in a foreign county with all challenges of different cultures, traditions, and daily living requirements. This may have caused tension and confusion. In addition, the English language was another important challenge, which the writer did not master as the accent of the Pittsburgh area was not an easy thing. During the journey of adapting to the new situation, the writer received a lot of cooperation and positive understanding from the American citizens who she dealt with. Since then, she felt their love to accept and support others, while she understood the reasons for others' reluctance to do so.

As is the case for many people in the countries in which she grew up, the author loves optimism and likes to spread hope wherever and whatever the circumstances are. She hopes that she will be successful in her awaiting endeavors.

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