Her journey from Aleppo to Germany made headlines. Three years later, Nujeen faces a new challenge – fitting in at school When Nujeen Mustafa arrived in Germany three years ago, she felt like a movie hero who had completed a dangerous adventure. Not only had she travelled 3,500 miles from Syria, but she had made the hazardous journey in a wheelchair. What she hadn’t realised, however, was that the biggest battle was yet to be fought: fitting in, “when everything you are is strange and foreign”. Born with cerebral palsy, the 18-year-old left her home town of Kobani in 2014, when fighting broke out between Islamic State militants and US-backed Kurdish forces. Pushed by her elder sister Nasrine, she crossed seven borders and the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe. Despite the danger and exhaustion, she was photographed smiling as she was carried to shore on the Greek island of Lesbos. She was interviewed by the BBC, and her upbeat and optimistic attitude made her a poster girl for the resilience and bravery of refugees. Continue reading...
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