Deema Marroush came to Sweden two years ago after being smuggled from southern Syria, through Europe to Sweden, a long and dangerous journey. When she had finished her dental school in Damascus, and come home to Hama again, everything was prepared. Her brother, who also went, and the mother, who are left, had planned everything without saying anything to her.
Then the phone was the absolute most important thing to have with us. It was not something you can take with, it is just as important as the passport, ” says Deema Marroush.
for the whole trip Deema Marrosh and her brother called home to mom and told that they are doing well. But when they came to Greece after the boat trip going to jail and deprived of their mobiles for five days.
– We had talked last before we left the boat and had not been heard in seven days. She had thought that we had drowned, that we no longer lived. Then I called her and it was a very emotional call. She cried and was happy at the same time when she got to hear from us.
Specifications museum, it has been built up several booths with mobile and technical equipment that the people on the flight used, but also maps with escape routes, a virtual opportunity to see how it looks on a refugee camp in Jordan and accommodation in the form of a tent.
– the refugee crisis affects all, both museums and individuals. We really want to have with the stories and objects that the displaced people shared with us. So these will become a part of the Technical museum’s collections and become a part of the Swedish cultural heritage, ” says Magdalena Tafvelin Heldner, who is responsible for the exhibition.
Deema Marroush tell on several occasions when the cell phone was important, even vital, that when they came into the country of Greece, of what appeared to be an uninhabited island. Only one of the 70 of the boat, where there were small children and pregnant women, it had some battery left in their phone.
” When we came to the Greek island after two days journey by boat we were exhausted and had no water,. We were in need of immediate help. Then it was one that had a little battery left on his phone. She called the UN, who contacted Greek authorities who sent help to us. It saved our lives, ” says Deema Marrosh.
the mobile Phone is important during the flight, and Deema Marroush tells us that she had extra batteries and charged the phone as soon as she had the opportunity. It is about being able to call friends and family, but also to be able to contact the authorities, or to download apps that help with translation.
the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has previously focused on handing out sim cards to people in their refugee camps, except that they can keep in touch with their nearest and dearest, it is also a way to bring information to those living in the camp.
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