(By Lama Shammas; Translation by Yusra Ahmed)
ISTANBUL (Zaman Al Wasl)- “it has not crossed my mind at all that I would one day be forced to sell my clothes and my kids’ clothes and toys to afford for living”, in those painful words, om Noura, a Syrian refugee woman started her story.
Om Noura, a Syrian woman who fled northern city of Aleppo to Istanbul , has rented a stall in Sunday market in Bomonti district, and sells her clothes and her kids toys to afford for living, after she failed to find decent job.
“Each time I take a piece of clothes or a toy from my kids to sell, I promise them to replace them with new ones, but unfortunately till now I was not able to do that, I feel I sell my and my family’s memories”, she told Zaman al-Wasl in pain.
Om Noura said that she cleans clothes and irons them to look as good as possible, and tried to fix toys to become acceptable, put them in bags and displays them on her stall that rented for 7.5 Turkish pounds, in the market each Sunday.
“I try to keep my stall clean and tidy, I keep the traditional songs of Aleppo on to attract customers who show their interest in them” Om Noura explained.
Mrs Laila’s stall has become famous in Bomonit's Sunday market, because of its cleanness, tidiness and the smile on her face, besides the low prices she gives.
Om Noura Explained that she tried to find a job when she arrived Turkey, but her attempts went in vain, till her Turkish neighbor suggested her to rent a stall in Sunday market, but according to Om Noura, profits are low as the market opens only one day a week.
When Om Noura find nothing at home to sell, she buys second hand and unsold clothes from shops to re-sell them, beside designing accessories for ladies, as he daughter helps her.
Om Noura and her daughter insist on going on in their project whatever it needs of time and effort.
Turkey shelters 1.8 million Syrian refugees, according to Reuters.
The long-running wars in neighboring Iraq and Syria mean that Turkey has overtaken Pakistan to become the world's leading host of refugees, and has spent $6 billion on assisting Syrians alone, UNHCR said.
Syria's conflict began in March 2011 as popular protests against four decades of Assad family rule but changed into armed insurgency under a security force crackdown.
Meanwhile, More than 230,000 people killed and over 12 million forced to flee their homes.
ISTANBUL (Zaman Al Wasl)- “it has not crossed my mind at all that I would one day be forced to sell my clothes and my kids’ clothes and toys to afford for living”, in those painful words, om Noura, a Syrian refugee woman started her story.
Om Noura, a Syrian woman who fled northern city of Aleppo to Istanbul , has rented a stall in Sunday market in Bomonti district, and sells her clothes and her kids toys to afford for living, after she failed to find decent job.
“Each time I take a piece of clothes or a toy from my kids to sell, I promise them to replace them with new ones, but unfortunately till now I was not able to do that, I feel I sell my and my family’s memories”, she told Zaman al-Wasl in pain.
Om Noura said that she cleans clothes and irons them to look as good as possible, and tried to fix toys to become acceptable, put them in bags and displays them on her stall that rented for 7.5 Turkish pounds, in the market each Sunday.
“I try to keep my stall clean and tidy, I keep the traditional songs of Aleppo on to attract customers who show their interest in them” Om Noura explained.
Mrs Laila’s stall has become famous in Bomonit's Sunday market, because of its cleanness, tidiness and the smile on her face, besides the low prices she gives.
Om Noura Explained that she tried to find a job when she arrived Turkey, but her attempts went in vain, till her Turkish neighbor suggested her to rent a stall in Sunday market, but according to Om Noura, profits are low as the market opens only one day a week.
When Om Noura find nothing at home to sell, she buys second hand and unsold clothes from shops to re-sell them, beside designing accessories for ladies, as he daughter helps her.
Om Noura and her daughter insist on going on in their project whatever it needs of time and effort.
Turkey shelters 1.8 million Syrian refugees, according to Reuters.
The long-running wars in neighboring Iraq and Syria mean that Turkey has overtaken Pakistan to become the world's leading host of refugees, and has spent $6 billion on assisting Syrians alone, UNHCR said.
Syria's conflict began in March 2011 as popular protests against four decades of Assad family rule but changed into armed insurgency under a security force crackdown.
Meanwhile, More than 230,000 people killed and over 12 million forced to flee their homes.
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