Senia Bachir Abderahman

TRYING TO PLAN MY FUTURE AS A REFUGEE

The night has just worn its black coat with bright stars. My grandmother Aziza and I sit on the cold soft dunes of the Algerian desert. She points with her fingers to the wide sky and starts to explain the Saharawi astronomy.

I am 22 years old and was born and grew up in the refugee camps, specifically in Smara camp. I graduated from Mount Holyoke College, United States, with a BA degree in Biological Science May 2010 and I just finished a program in journalism from Jakobsberg College in Stockholm, Sweden.