In this episode, our guest is miss Adila Rezayee she is living in Indonesia as a refugee for four years.
During her talk, she says that, In Indonesia refugees from different countries, backgrounds, races, religions or ages have the same daily activities because they have not the right to work or attend schools, colleges or universities, or any other activities. Most refugees spend their time staying in their rooms and keeping themselves busy with their smart devices like mobile phones and laptops. Usually, children should be busy with their school subject studies but unfortunately, in Indonesia, only a few refugee children spend around three to four hours with their studies while spend most of their time playing online games and scrolling social media.
Regarding living with refugees from different backgrounds she says that The privilege of living with refugees from different countries are too much like people from different countries have their own lifestyles, foods, cultures, languages so it could be a good chance to learn different languages or to learn to cook different foods from different countries like I have learnt Iranian food called Qorma Sabzi which is a new dish to me. Also, there are slight difficulties regarding living with refugees from different countries like parents should control their children if not there might be problems with other children.
Ezadullah Masiha is from the Qarabagh district of Ghazni Afghanistan, he has graduated from Kabul University and was forced to leave Afghanistan in August 2014 and currently living as a refugee in Pekanbaru city of Indonesia.
He has divided the refugees into three categories 1: under ages (single refugees who are under 18 years of age), 2: families (who are living with their siblings or spouses), and 3: overages (singles refugees who are over the age of 18). He continues that Refugees in Indonesia have not the right to do outside activities, not allowed to move from one city to another, even they are not allowed to legally enroll in universities, also they are not allowed to invite guests or even their friends in their room during the night.
He adds that spending 7 up to 9 years without being able to support your family and loved one definitely puts you under extreme pressure. Also, in the last past few years, the Taliban groups have focused their operation on hazarajat provinces in Afghanistan, and the policy change of president trump and also Australian policy against refugees have slowed down the process of resettlement to the third country. These factors put a huge pressure on refugees to suffer from extremely bad mental health.
Hamid Rezai is originally from Afghanistan and currently living in Pekanbaru city of Indonesia, he is well-known as a good football player among refugees in this city. In this episode, he is sharing his experience of what sports refugees do during their stay in this city. And how sports play an essential role in refugees' life in Indonesia. He recommends refugees living in Indonesia to do sports in this tough and restricted circumstance, doesn't matter what sport you like but you have to do sport. After living for more than 6,7 or 8 years in your rooms it is very hard to be mentally stable. It would be much better to make a daily schedule and do your favorite sports for two or three hours during the day. At least if you cant do other sports due to any reasons go for a walk that is much better than staying in your rooms all the time.
Mardan Ali Jeffery is originally from Afghanistan and currently living as a refugee in Pekanbaru city of Indonesia, in this episode he is sharing his experience about doing online courses and how refugees can benefit from online courses while they are not allowed to enroll in legal schools’ colleges and universities in Indonesia. during his talk, he is saying that everyone has to motivate him/her self to do online courses and think that how you can change the time according to your own benefit for a better future. It’s true that refugees are exhausted due to long stay in Indonesia without their basic human rights but in order to keep themselves busy and gain more knowledge, they can enroll in online platforms such as Coursera, Edx, khan academy, and Udemy. If you want to know more about online courses and how a refugee can enroll, you can contact Mr.Jaffery via his email address: MardanaliJaffery66@gmail.com
In this episode our guest is Arif Ali Zada, he is a refugee from Afghanistan. He came to Indonesia in 2014, he served the refugee community in Pekanbaru city as an English teacher. In this episode, he is sharing his experience and the challenges and achievements that refugees are facing nowadays and how they struggle with all the resistance they have.
Also, he shares his solutions that how refugees can have a better educational system in such a restricted circumstance, where refugees are not allowed to go to schools, universities in order to learn academic knowledge.
In a part of his talk, he is saying that refugees didn’t assume to stay in Indonesia for this long time and that is one of the problems that refugees have not any proper educational system. Also, he is suggesting refugees to sign up on online platforms to gain a better education and never give up on the big dreams.
In this episode our guest is Najibullah Naveed, originally he is from Afghanistan. He came to Indonesia in 2014 as an asylum seeker. Because in Indonesia the circumstance is very restricted for refugees and there is no exemption to struggle with the condition, Naveed is a volunteer teacher he gives hand to refugees to learn in order to have a bright future. In this episode, Naveed is sharing his experience about Covid-19 and refugees in Pekanbaru city.
In this episode, our guest is Hassan Rahimi who is a talented person and well-known for his art among refugees in Pekanbaru city. Hassan is originally from Afghanistan and grew up in Quetta city of Pakistan. he came as an asylum seeker in Indonesia in 2015. In Pekanbaru city of Indonesia, he faced many challenges and he never gives up on his aims and continued drawing. Also, he started being a volunteer teacher and taught art for refugees in this city. During his talk, he delivers a message to the refugees living in Indonesia to never give up on their dream and always do their best for a better future
this is our first episode with our first guest dear Jamil Mohammadi and in this episode, we are talking about the value of podcasts and general talk about refugees living in Indonesia. ******* we always appreciate your comments and views