Video .. lack of parents and lump .. Thus received refugees in Germany Eid al - Adha

Selim Selim - Berlin

"Ya ya if the felon janni .. What a feast I am happy, and I am far from home, I have no end to me" .. Words from the song of the late Palestinian revolutionary artist Abu Arab Perhaps it reflects the reality that the family of Abu Fayez Zaqtout is not in one of the camps Palestinians in the ring countries, but this time in a remote place where the German capital Berlin.

On the beat of this song, the mother of Fayez Zaqtout, the Palestinian refugee from Syria, found nothing but shedding tears that she could not imprison, while she was talking about her suffering in the Diaspora. She received Eid al-Adha away from her hometown and home, so that spontaneous tears would be the greatest expression of her sincerity. .

Dispersion of relatives
"We missed the wig of the parents at the Eid who came to visit us every Eid after we were preparing the house and preparing sweets," says Fayez.

"Here we have no one to come back from the relatives who were scattered between Germany, Sweden and Lebanon, and some of them remained in Syria," she said.

"The world is going to come to us, the Palestinians, wherever we go, we are exposed to Berlin, our third migration, and every time we live, then we lose everything in a jiffy because of wars."

Despite the force majeure, Fayez sees a glimmer of hope looming on the horizon to reunite with parents and brothers.

Here, Abu Fayez interferes with Ahmed Zaqtout and says, "We have always tormented us a lot in life, but the future will be for our children."

He adds that the refugee from Yarmouk camp receives Eid in Germany amid the lack of parents, where he can not congratulate them on this occasion only through social networking sites, and he finds it difficult when communicating with relatives in Syria because of the difficult situation there, pointing out that he does not know the daughter of his daughter, who got married Away from him.

The cruelty of alienation
Abu Fayez tries to console himself on the occasion of several visits by his family to some Arab friends and neighbors in Berlin, trying to alleviate the cruelty of alienation and asylum, and to restore the customs and traditions used to it on the holidays.

Regarding the memories of immigration, Abu Fayez recalls that "the war forced me out of the Yarmouk camp in Syria after being destroyed due to insecurity and fear for my children and after the prices became fictional, I went out and my mother and my brothers and their wives and children, let us choose Lebanon the country closest to us and live at Relatives of us there. "

Migration decision
When the situation in Lebanon narrowed, Abu Fayez made the decision to emigrate to Europe, which was not easy at all, especially since he suffers from heart disease.He spent more than five months on the journey he started in October 2014, passing through Turkey and Greece. He spent a relatively long time, then Macedonia, Serbia and Austria all the way to Germany.

Abu Fayez's journey, which he started on his own before his family joined him after he was granted asylum in Germany and allowed to reunite with his family, was not without difficulties, as he had to walk long distances for days, let alone arrested by the police and imprisoned more than once in Macedonia and Serbia, as well as the snowy mountains he passed through.

Abu Fayez studied German and attended integration courses and is currently looking for work after working as a welder in Syria. So did his wife, a specialist in nursing, who still find it difficult to find a job.

Opportunities for refugees
Refugee activist Sanaa Nimeiri unveiled several initiatives and activities in Berlin to celebrate Eid al-Adha for newcomers to Germany. There are also activities dedicated to children to make them feel at home.

Such initiatives would bring joy and happiness to people and meet each other, an opportunity for refugees to emerge from the difficult environment they live in and meet new people because Eid is not only a religious event, but a family and social event.

The capital of Berlin has a special flavor on Eid al-Adha because it contains a large proportion of Arabs and Muslims, including newcomers, according to the activist of Lebanese origin.

With the recent wave of asylum in Germany, the proportion of Muslims who are the largest minority in the country increased to about five million Muslims, representing about 6% of the population.