“When I go back, I spend most of my time in the village."

“Education is critical for all children, but especially those who have fled their homes

Children scrambled and fought over the last remaining pairs of cheap plastic sandals.

‘my hope is for independence and freedom for all Kurdish people’

“It also benefits in terms of social paybacks, as farmers expend less time, money and effort,"

"We need one ministry to oversee all environmental matters,”

"I learnt an enormous amount about home-cooking and basic food patterns,”

“Poetry enables people to speak the unspeakable,”

“They were very weak when they finally arrived – those poor birds,”

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