​​​​​​​Hope of returning home does not leave imagination of displaced women in New Year

 The rituals of celebrating New Year's Eve differ from one region to another, and the wishes as well. A region that enjoys safety hopes for its permanence, while another region witnesses wars and conflicts, and its people wish that peace will come and the war will end.

 Fatima is preoccupied with doing dishes in front of her small tent, consisting of one room, in "Washo Kani" camp, located 12 km west of the city of Hasakah, next to which is a pot of water to wash the dishes.

 Fatima Muhammad (29 years old), with 7 members of her family who were displaced from the village of Al-Manajir in the city of Serekaniye.  She has been living in this camp for about four years.  As a result of Turkey and its mercenaries occupying its city in October 2019.

 Fatima suffers from difficult conditions, like thousands of displaced women.  As a result of the absence of the support of international organizations and the simple capabilities of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria;  Because of the siege imposed on her, she told our agency, "I hope that peace will prevail in the whole world, and that I will return to my home under the Turkish occupier."

 A few meters away from Fatima, the displaced Raya al-Barho (29 years old) talks to her neighbor in the tent next to her tent about the days she spent in Serêkaniyê before the occupation, where she began recounting the details of her celebration at that time with her 11 family members in her village of Madaba’a in Serêkaniyê.  "We used to celebrate in an atmosphere of familiarity and love," she said.

 She added, "But after the Turkish occupation of our regions and our displacement, we no longer celebrate this day because of the harshness of life in the displacement camps, as most of our wishes have become to return to our homes after the Turkish occupier was expelled from it."

 From the point of view of the displaced Iman Baqarah (34 years old), who used to fill the water tanks placed on the outskirts of her tent, "the celebration no longer has meaning after we were displaced from our homes due to the occupation."

 Iman, a mother of seven children, added, "The occupation turned our lives upside down. Four years ago, at a time, we were preparing to welcome the new year with our family, relatives, and loved ones, but now we only think about how to protect our children from the cold of winter, and the rainwater that.”

 Iman suddenly stopped talking, and wished to return with her family to her home in Serêkaniyê, and to live in peace and security with her family and loved ones as before.

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