Published : 21-07-2022
Palestinian refugee Zaher Hamid is competing in the Helsingborg municipality council in Sweden and the Skona regional council along with the Swedish Parliament (Nyans party), which advocates for refugee issues and the Palestinian cause.
Zaher, was born in 1970 and raised in Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Damascus. His family hails from the occupied city of Safad, in Palestine. He worked as a geography teacher at Damascus institutions. He entered Sweden in 2013.
Zaher took it upon his shoulder to build a promising career in Sweden and become an active member of the Swedish community. He learned the Swedish language and worked as an assistant teacher. He also pursued his studies at the Malmo and Gutenberg universities.
“When I first came to Sweden my priority was to learn the language in order to get along with members of my new community. Politics wasn’t on my agenda. I was only voting for parties that support the Palestinian cause and immigrants. But the growth of racism and xenophobia in Europe in general and Sweden in particular prompted me to join the Nyans party and run for municipal elections to speak up for minority groups”.
Palestinian refugee Zaher Hamid is competing in the Helsingborg municipality council in Sweden and the Skona regional council along with the Swedish Parliament (Nyans party), which advocates for refugee issues and the Palestinian cause.
Zaher, was born in 1970 and raised in Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Damascus. His family hails from the occupied city of Safad, in Palestine. He worked as a geography teacher at Damascus institutions. He entered Sweden in 2013.
Zaher took it upon his shoulder to build a promising career in Sweden and become an active member of the Swedish community. He learned the Swedish language and worked as an assistant teacher. He also pursued his studies at the Malmo and Gutenberg universities.
“When I first came to Sweden my priority was to learn the language in order to get along with members of my new community. Politics wasn’t on my agenda. I was only voting for parties that support the Palestinian cause and immigrants. But the growth of racism and xenophobia in Europe in general and Sweden in particular prompted me to join the Nyans party and run for municipal elections to speak up for minority groups”.
