Vignettes — #9

Imran

© Daan Spijer

“So, remind me, Mr Afghadi, what work you were doing before you left your country.”

“Please, call me Imran. I like people use first name in this country.” Imran is sitting a bit uncomfortably on a metal chair in a soulless office run by an NGO charged with helping refugees. Facing him across a stained desk is a young woman with dark curly hair and rimless glasses. Looking at her, he acutely misses his…