Bus outside Queen's College

by Hassan
"This is behind Asylum Welcome. We asked this man if we could take his photos and as you can see he was happy to have his photo taken. "
"I am nearly 18. I have been in Oxford since June 2002. I come from a village near Mosul in northern Iraq. I am a Kurd. My family are still there. I left partly because I knew I would have to do military service when I was 18. I had also been picked up for buying Kurdish books in the market – this is forbidden. I was beaten and in hospital for 45 days. I got better but it was very expensive for my family.

Now I am learning English. I really like football. I used to be captain of the Mosul youth team. I played mid-field like David Beckham! My team was top of the league.
Now I play in the park with my friends every day. I would like to be a footballer one day so I took lots of football photos. I enjoyed taking the photos and seeing all the shops."
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