I’m Al! Yaqubi from Afghanistan living in Germany now.

When I was living in a refugee camp I was looking for something to pass time and I found a group of photographers. I joined their classes just to have a hobby and to keep myself busy, but it changed my life. It changed my goals. Before I wanted to be a musician but now I want to be a journalist. It’s my biggest dream.

While working with and learning about different media tools I had this special feeling, a kind of happiness. I felt free to do anything. I realiZed that I want to become a journalist. The most interesting part for me was conducting interviews and working with sound. I am a curious person and talking to people is one of my favourit things, it just makes me feel good. Working with sound feels very natural for me, I find it it easy to control. I liked it from the first time on, when I was recording some interviews in Moria Camp.