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| Name | Faris Zwirahn |
| Address | 120 Prospect Avenue
Princeton, New Jersey , United States |
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| Contributor | WSNJ |
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I grew up on a farm in a rural part of Eastern Syria, and some of my first memories include working with my family. I struggled to get access to education in a village without electricity and running water. Then, when I was six years old, my mom, who does not know how to read or write, asked me about my first few days in school, and when I complained, she said something that stuck with me for the rest of my life.
She said, “Education and working hard is your only way to a better life and being able to afford a chair to sit on, instead of this rug.”
I took her advice seriously. I studied hard and eventually made my way to Damascus University. By the time I was in college, the Syrian regime was brutally violating fundamental civil and human rights. That is when I decided to become a political activist. I needed to speak up for those who had been silenced. I was arrested many times, and one by one, my friends were arrested too. After much perseverance, I successfully obtained a Fulbright Scholarship from the U.S. government, which allowed me to leave Syria to study in the United States.
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