I studied biochemistry in Aleppo. Medicine in Damascus. Then I was supposed to join Assad’s army. I arrived in Germany near the end of 2015. I was sent to Saxony—the Leipzig region. After eleven months I received an appointment at the foreign national’s office./Before the war, a friend in Damascus once laughed at us, saying: “You always have to wait months for papers there, pay every fine ... the simplest things take forever, opposed to just placing a banknote in your passport.”/Right, Ahmad, why don’t you staple a fifty note to your folder./“Oh, thank you! Welcome to Germany! You’re very kind!” I received a lot of help. From Yvonne and her friends. Even from the interviewer during the asylum procedure. 20 days later I received my residence permit./With it you’re allowed to go to the job centre and find a flat.
