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The hardship of living in a refugee camp made me psychologically strong.

I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.

I know what it's like when you are a refugee, living on the mercy of others and having to adjust.

I am the face of a refugee. I was once a refugee. I was with my family in exile.

My commitment to refugees comes from a very personal place.

I will carry with me always the deep sense of what it feels like to be an outsider and how tough it was, how hard it was to adapt to this country.

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived.

I think my ancestors had to be enormously strong emotionally and very courageous.

My biggest strength is I'm courageous, or if I am afraid of something, I do it anyway. I do what I feel. It's nothing personal against anyone, so that courageousness has been very good to me.