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27 maart 2014

Teaching rebels

The participants of the Winter University are all students living in Syria who are in some way involved in the reconstruction of civil societty. I have met with a journalist of Al Jazeera who had to flee the country because Al Qaeda put a price on ...

Millingen aan de Rijn - Nederland

25 maart 2014

The effects of war

Spending this day with this Turkish student opened my eyes to some aspects of Turkish society. A society which is marked by the large amount of refugees from Syria living in this part of the world. The feelings about them are mixed and Syrians try ...

Millingen aan de Rijn - Nederland

25 maart 2014

De gevolgen van oorlog

The days pass by and the war more and more becomes manifest in the stosies of the students. But there is also the beuaty of encounters with Turkish people who are so welcoming to tourists, In Gaziantep hardly any person speaks English and I am glad ...

Millingen aan de Rijn - Nederland

20 maart 2014

What does freedom mean?

Teaching these students is confronting me with so many questions. Like what does freedom mean? What is the significance of religion in life? I gave examples of what it means to seeing opportunities, grabbing them and turning them into something with ...

Millingen aan de Rijn - Nederland

19 maart 2014

Teaching at last

Monday was a day of meetings and ceremonies. I hava a fantastic interpreter that translates everything from Arabic to engllish. 90 students who have come to gather as much knowledge and insights as they can. Their stories again show me the ...

Utrecht - Nederland

17 maart 2014

A first visit

Since the distance to the city is quite far, I took a taxi. Ferizan was his name. He immediately offered me a sigaret and afterwards a chewing gum. Turkish people speak little to no english so my dictionary is very handy. He dropped me off a the ...

Utrecht - Nederland

16 maart 2014 | Door: Saskia

Arriving in Gaziantep

Considering I am not a fan of flying, I had quite a trip ahead of me today. First to Isanbul. I had one of the lasts seats and the purser was having a chat with a passenger about the Malaysian disappeared airplane. Suicide according to him. Suicide? ...

Utrecht - Nederland

15 maart 2014 | Door: Saskia

Een dag voor vertrek

Mijn koffer is bijna gepakt, alle papieren die ik nodig heb zijn uitgeprint - klaar voor de reis naar Turkije. Als alles goed gaat ben ik morgen om 19.05 op mijn plek van bestemming. Martina staat mij daar dan op te wachten. Zij coördineert de ...

Utrecht - Nederland

Winter University SPARK Gaziantep

SPARK is a Dutch NGO which is geared ateducation and igniting entrepreneurship among youth from post-conflict areas in the world.

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27 Maart 2014

Teaching rebels

25 Maart 2014

The effects of war

25 Maart 2014

De gevolgen van oorlog

20 Maart 2014

What does freedom mean?

19 Maart 2014

Teaching at last

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16 Maart 2014 - 30 December 2014

Winter University SPARK Gaziantep

Teaching rebels

The effects of war

De gevolgen van oorlog

What does freedom mean?

Teaching at last

A first visit

Arriving in Gaziantep

Een dag voor vertrek

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