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Monday, February 12, 2007

Spiegel Online: From Ghana to Europe



A very interesting (and long) read from Spiegel Online.

It dicusses the journey of one would-be-imigrant from Ghana to Europe and all the interesting places/people/tests he encountered in between. Realy opens your eyes to how some people are living their lives in this world and how lucky we are.....

There are journeys that change a traveler, that transform ( abd longhim into a different person. And there are travelers who, by the end of their journey, want nothing so much as for life to return to the way it used to be. But they discover that there is no turning back, that their world has changed irrevocably.

For John Ekow Ampan, Africa was his home throughout his journey. Then he lost his security -- his friends, his customers, his language and his laugh. He wanted to become a European. Today he dresses like a European, works like a European and buys European TVs and washing machines. READ (much) MORE

2 comments:

nuh ibn zbigniew gondek said...
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nuh ibn zbigniew gondek said...

As salaam alaikum.

I noticed you are from Oshawa - the town that time forgot!!!

I was born there but alhamdulillah, my mother left when I was five.

Anyway, I write Islamic articles, essays etc. Check me out!

Wa salaama,

nuh ibn