| ImageDescription | Ali Zahidi lost in thought by the Fjord of Trondheim. Ali comes from Afghanistan and came to Norway almost 4 years ago. He left his country at the age of 15 and has not seen his family since. During his journey to Norway through Europe, he narrowly escaped death several times. The first time he ever experienced being in the ocean, he was in an inflatable boat between Turkey and Greece. “We had been in the water for 8 ½ hours. After we had stopped rowing we had lost the direction. The water and the wind were in control. We did not know where we were. We could not see Greece and we could not see Turkey. Only water and more water.We prayed as much as we could to come to land. But we knew that if nobody came to help, nobody could help. No words and no God.” |