YusraMardini reflects on fleeing the war in Syria as a child to returning to help rebuild her country 10 years later. Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel. #Syria #refugees
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00:00What was more difficult, leaving that first time at the start of the war, or going back now and seeing all the destruction?
00:07I think they're two completely different experiences.
00:11Also, I'm in a different age in my life. When I left I was 17 years old, and now I'm 27.
00:18So I learned a lot in the past 10 years, and I grew up a lot.
00:21And for me, when I left I was a child. I didn't understand what sides, what's going on, politics, nothing.
00:28I just knew that I had to run, I had to save my life.
00:31And now, I went back intentionally to my country to be able to help, to be able to rebuild the country.
00:38So both, leaving was something that was very, very sad, but returning doesn't have to be, right?