He is now a guide with Querstadtein, a group organising tours of Berlin, led by refugees. Querstadtein, which now has eight guides, was the second refugee tour to crop up in Berlin as the city reacted to the mass influx of migrants that began two years ago. Refugee Voices was co-founded in early 2015 by Lorna Cannon, a British tour guide living in Berlin, and her two friends, both refugees who now volunteer as guides. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A tour given by the company Refugee Voices. “If I felt that people were giving that sense of ‘poor people’, I wouldn’t continue,” says Mohamad, co-founder of Refugee Voices.

Source: The Guardian December 21, 2017 07:30 UTC