Every story needs a refuge. Here you will find life stories from people aged 65 and over, stories that have not previously been told, documented or made visible. We are a project set out to preserve the human memories of older people, and we want to help carry everyone's voice out into the world before it disappears. At Storyflames you will find the life stories in Swedish, English, Arabic and Suroyo.
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Old age is not merely about the body’s forces gradually diminishing. It is also about the vast weight of memory; how the days that have passed are transformed into an inner museum that we can visit over and over again without growing tired. There, we rediscover faces, places, and events we thought had disappeared, but […]
Södertälje · 4 min read
I started school as a child, but school never captured my interest. I preferred to work and learn something with my hands instead. Therefore, I started as an apprentice to a blacksmith. I was only about seven years old.
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From Midyat in Turkey to Germany and then to Sweden, my ninety years have passed – years filled with changes and shifting fates.
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Five people open the door to a memory. A cooking pot, a copper bowl, a loofah sponge – and a whole life behind each object.
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Yousif Afrim is 96. His sight has almost gone, but his memory never rests – and his words become poems.