The Al Dayoub family relax in their new home. They are Bashar, Muhammed, Yousef, Abdel,
The Al Dayoub family relax in their new home. They are Bashar, Muhammed, Yousef, Abdel, Munther, Adham, Izdihar, Thuraya, Ameen, Samira and Ayman.Safety Under One Roof Young Thuraya and her eight brothers and sisters are given a new home and a warm welcome in Austria, far from the bombs and bullets that shattered their world.In a small Austrian town an hour’s drive from Vienna, a tape recorder blares as the nine children of Ameen Al Dayoub and his wife Izdihar take turns to dance the Dabke. It is a happy Arab folk dance performed on joyous occasions. These days they have much to celebrate.“In Homs, in Syria, before the war, we often danced the Dabke… then the whole family of 40 people lived in a three-story Arab house,” says 39-year-old Ameen. “Now we dance it because we are happy to have found a safe haven in Austria.”Ameen has not forgotten the happy times in his former home where he worked as a school bus driver, but says sadly those times are over “once and for all.”“Homs was a wonderful place. We never made a distinction between Alawites, Shiites, Sunnites or Christians,” he explains. “Every Thursday afternoon after work, my friends and I, together with the family, would go to the coast and sit in cafes on the beach. We didn’t even know what denomination our friends were. That kind of life in Syria has gone forever.”CONTINUE READING STORY. -- source link
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