Shahala the Knitter

Shahala, 50 years old, was a schoolteacher in Mahamat (Iran/Kurdistan). As a Kurdish activist against the Iranian government, she joined demonstrations against price rises, which were suppressed with violence by Iranian state forces. After she and her husband got divorced, and he got custody of their children (6 and 9 years old), he reported her for being an activist. So, she fled her country. When she had been in the UK for 8 months, having claimed asylum. Since this interview she has been granted leave to remain, her husband has agreed to let her children come to the UK, and she is active on Facebook and Instagram helping other asylum seekers and refugees.

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This material is part of the Covid Chronicles from the Margins project, funded by The Open University and The Hague. The project aims to highlight the impact of the pandemic on refugees, asylum seekers & undocumented migrants.

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Shahala，年方五十，曾任职于伊朗/库尔德斯坦的Mahamat地区的一所学校。作为一名反对伊朗政府的库尔德活动家，她参与了对物价上涨的抗议活动，这些活动遭到了伊朗国家力量的暴力镇压。在她与丈夫离婚后，丈夫获得了他们的孩子（6岁和9岁）的监护权，并因此将她举报为活动家。因此，她逃离了自己的祖国。在英国逗留了8个月后，她提出了避难申请。自这次访谈以来，她已经获得了在英国居留的许可，她的丈夫也同意让她孩子们来英国，她目前在Facebook和Instagram上积极帮助其他寻求庇护者和难民。该资料是来自《边缘的Covid编年史》项目的一部分，该项目由开放大学和海牙资助，旨在凸显疫情对难民、寻求庇护者和无证移民的影响。该条目可在我方网站上找到，具体链接为：https://cov19chronicles.com/shahala-the-knitter/