MOVING AWAY... Moving Away (March - April Activity) | Page 23

Albania declared they would accept Yemeni refugees : here is my next destination ! I figured out how to arrive in Cairo and I am on the plane ready to go for Tirana . I bought the ticket against my motorcycle . It ’ s official : I gave everything I had to get away from my home ! At least I am free now … While the aircraft leave Cairo , I close my eyes and pray to every god for saving me . After arriving in Tirana , the authorities take me to an embassy where they give me a VISA to stay in Albania as long as the war in Yemen last . They also give me an apartment and tell me that I have 6 months to find a job because after this deadline I will have to pay the rent and they won ’ t be able to take care of me ( food , clothes , electricity …). I will also have to learn Albanian because English won ’ t be enough … It is like restarting life from scratch ! I know it will be hard but not as much as staying in Sanaa . Many things are different : the landscape , the language , the lifestyle but I will learn all of this and start a new life living away from fear , wars , and fights .