student actors

"You have to keep working on yourself, you have to become active."
  • Syria
  • Germany

#MessageBackHome: 'We have to rebuild Syria quickly so children can go to school'

Wael is 25 years old and wants to become an actor. He came to Germany two years ago after fleeing the Syrian war. Life in Germany has not turned out the way he imagined, but he is optimistic and wants to keep trying to maybe one day play a part in a feature film.

A theater project promoting integration in Cologne, Germany | Credit: Ceno e.V
  • Germany

Integration in action: Theater project brings young people together

A group of student actors has teamed up with asylum seekers in a theater project in Cologne, Germany. Their latest performance deals with the themes of integration, dislocation and racism.