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by Hassan
"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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