Am kataw hamw katekt khosh!
What a day! Today felt like my dream was coming true. I was the happiest person you could ever think of. I felt like a bird flying in the sky…. (Okay I think I need to calm down, but baxwa today was incredible!).
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| The day began like this. At the garden of Mali Xanda, smiling but deep down had some worries that it might not work out |
Me: (Super excited voice) “yes! Yes! Yes!”
Me: Promise me
Kak O: I won’t promise. I will try.
Kak O: Is tomorrow okay?
Me: (Super excited voice) “BARASTIIII?????^ Yes! Yes! Definitely okay!”
What a day! When I arrived all of them were in their best dresses, new
shoes, new dresses and all of them were super excited. I look for Isra
and Alla and I don’t see them. Their dad has taken them this week. I
am sad since they began this, they were the ones who first told me
their dream was to see a plane, realizing they were not there today
made me upset. But there was no time to think or be upset, we had a
mission.
I am sitting outside the orphanage the kids are on my lap, on my
shoulders… I am trying to explain how the plane looks like. After half
an hour the kids run of patience and my heart begins missing beats a
little nervous that EIA might say “no” phone calls come and go. We
decided to sit down and write little thank you notes to Kak O. who
made all this possible. It takes one phone call: ‘day waren’ I call
out ‘ba broyn’ and before I know it the room is empty and everyone is
near the mini van.
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| day sarkawn! Lets go! |
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| Step closer to a dream coming true |
Bewar:
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| Bewar most patient with the kids who cried, some were actually scared of the plane |
As we started getting into the mini van, there our little kids began
explain their imagination, how a airplane would look like, when they
were asked what we use airplane for Hama and Mubin both 5 in age said
it is used for boys. In the car Daroon kept saying that she won’t come
into the airplane, she is terrified of plane, all the way to the
airplane she wept and I could tell that there was no way she would
ever get in to it, no matter how much other kids encouraged her said
they were not afraid and were excited to see the plane but nothing
would change her mind, later they were taken to a tour around the
airport showing them all around. I have learned from Mali Xanda that
making someone’s dream come true gives you the best feeling in the
world, looking at the excitement on the kids faces, the kids whom we
have been with for years was something beyond the power of words.
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| Inside Erbil International Airport |
As I look at the kids and I realize how excited and happy they are
thinking about the trip to the airplane and I remember myself exactly
at their age, when I used to hold in my heart simple dreams. I
remembered the time when I used to watch movies, the planes flying in
the air, wishing I was right there in the plane flying in the air.
Today time took me back to those times when I was a little. I look
into the eyes of those kids and I see in them the world I used to
imagine when I was in their age, their eyes sparkling, their heart
dancing from joy. And then all of the sudden, I come back to the real
world, I see everywhere around little faces. One of the kids was
jumping from happiness, telling other kids that someday he is going to
become a pilot, another holding my hand terrified to get on to the
plane. And I smile because I know here I share with them those feeling
of excitement, and fear. I hold their hands, and together we walk, I
look at their dream right in front of us, knowing years from now I
will remember this moment. I will remember that I shared their dream.
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| Seatbelts fastened! They had the entire experience of travelling |
Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar:
Lets go to Europe! Everyone took to their seats, and put their
seatbelts on, all anxious to see what the next step was, and where we
will be going. I wished to tell them that we’re all on our way to
Disney Land and that we’re going to have a great time there. Little
Aya who initially ran into my arms crying saying she was not allowed
to come (who is known to be a bit of a cheeky girl, sort of like me)
was the most spirited throughout the journey. One day, we will not
just sit on the plane for five minutes with big smiles but we will
fasten our seatbelts and fly out of the nest!
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| At our arrival to the airport, everyone is super excited |
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| Close up…. we are minutes away from entering the plane |
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| The story of these two brothers and sisters is a long and sad one, but their smile was worth the entire world today |
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| Dreams come true in Kurdistan with Erbil International Airport and some dedicated individuals |
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| Me (Sazan) posting pictures and Ruwayda adding comments! |
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| Hamma gyan- he loves cars, planes and everything that is fast and speedy! |
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| They were excited, but scared too. Some of them held our hands tightly |
Sazan:
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| The kids did little thank you notes for Kak O and the airport staff…. |
Thank you Kak O., thank you to all the great staff in Erbil International Airport, starting from the head of security all the way to the guards who were smiling the entire time. Thank you to the greatest Ruwayda, sweetest Ashna and the most special Bewar. I could not have asked for better friends in Hawler than you three. You make every mission possible. You make every job easy. Thank you for cancelling all your day’s plans and making this a reality.
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| we had the entire bus to ourselves! Thank you Erbil International Airport |
*They aren’t really my kids. But the kids in Mali Xanda (the orphanage in Erbil) have become like my children, two of them in particular.
wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww just wow
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I cannot say anything you are incredible. Never give up, you girls done something I cannot find a word to describe it. It;s the beginning Inshallah more is coming. God bless you.
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i wish i was with you
you make me feel guilty that i am so far away from kurdistan. i wanto be there and feel the happiness you felt today
i want to come back to my nest
iwant to come back to kurdistan
true happiness only can be found in kurdistan
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woooow Sazan ,I'm so proud of you and other girls who are with you ,,really it is such a touchable job you did .. now I'm sitting here in Melton Hall and wish I was there with you to make these cute kids happy…thanks for you and your friends … well done
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You girls are angels that are gifts given to kurdistan
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Well done guys; seems u did a great job.
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you should have a tv show and show all this so kurds can be motivated to make change. young kurd today need to learn from you
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congratulations, you are perfect!
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congratulations, you are perfect!
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Future of Kurdistan is in your hands so I am not worried about the Kurdistan that my kids will live in because you will make it great for them
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Very very proud of allllll of you, wish you all the best, words cant describe the job you have done… Kurdistanakaman ba kasani wak ewawa jwana w sarkawtuwa, har bzhin…
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Truly awesome! Well done to all involved.
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First and foremost, I would love to express my deepest thanks and gratefulness to all involved, particularly Sazan.
I have many words to call out to be one of the changes enhancing every single thing in the cozy nest, Kurdistan.
What a fantastic moment will be when I have sufficient time to create my own blog and reflecting my heart's feelings!
“The thousand-miles road starts with one step”, so I would love to state that some Kurdish bloggers are my true motivators, particularly the one whose nest in Kurdistan!
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi.
This could teach me how to fly whereas someone wants to push me down form the zenith of the cliff, besides, how to be even a tiny change in the Nest and to teach the world lessons about the sweet Kurdistan!
Finally, I would say; “If you are aware what Sazan Mandalawi writes on her energizing blog and do not read them, then it is better off to sleep in the hot small room and let bugs play upon your body”
Yours Receptively,
N.S
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First and foremost, I would love to express my deepest thanks and gratefulness to all involved, particularly Sazan.
I have many words to call out to be one of the changes enhancing every single thing in the cozy nest, Kurdistan.
What a fantastic moment will be when I have sufficient time to create my own blog and reflecting my heart's feelings!
“The thousand-miles road starts with one step”, so I would love to state that some Kurdish bloggers are my true motivators, particularly the one whose nest in Kurdistan!
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi.
This could teach me how to fly whereas someone wants to push me down form the zenith of the cliff, besides, how to be even a tiny change in the Nest and to teach the world lessons about the sweet Kurdistan!
Finally, I would say; “If you are aware what Sazan Mandalawi writes on her energizing blog and do not read them, then it is better off to sleep in the hot small room and let bugs play upon your body”
Yours Receptively,
N.S
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Will you ever write a post that does not cause me a lump in my throat? 😉
A western reader, living in Erbil.
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Good job and its really great thats things like this are possible in Kurdistan. Specially thanks to those who make it possible and stayed anonymous.
The girl on second pic in red dress with white flowers – maybe its stupid – but when i saw her i thought : “She looks perfectly kurdish”. I wish i could meet her one day – if not all your kids, at least one of them 🙂
Sarkawtn hevali heja.
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I wish I was there… making those beautiful children happy is like winning one billion lottery… May God help you
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when you make a kid happy is like winning a lottery… I wish I was there… I would like to participate if it is possible…
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Aren't you the best? These kids will always remember this day and you. You are such a treasure Sazan. I love you so very much. When you were born, I am sure God was not pleased, his best angel had come to earth.
These things you do…..they mean the whole world to these kiddos. I have nothing but immense respect for you sister.
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hey xuşka delal sazan.
teach us kurdish languages.
we wanna you as a teacher….
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