Hello everyone, this year during Civic Education lessons, in Italian, we explored many topics: the Italian Constitution, human rights, gender equality and much more…
Within the context of Human Rights, many of us interviewed some immigrants in Italy and that is how I introduced my class to KADIR A., a thirty-year-old man with a very interesting story.
Kadir is Kurdish and came to Italy when he was five years old; he lived through war and the only hope for a better future was to flee.
He came to Italy on an illegal merchant ship, but it was not his destination; in fact, he was supposed to reach Germany. When the money ran out, Kadir stopped in Calabria, in Crotone, at a reception community for minors.
He came to Italy with his stepmother (because his biological mother had died in Kurdistan), and his eight siblings; subsequently they were transferred to the reception center in Cortenuova for about ten years. Later, they were transferred to Renate, where Kadir began attending school and middle school.
Kadir feels very comfortable in Italy, but he would like the Italian State to help foreign people a bit more, people who make themselves useful to the community by also performing tasks that many Italians refuse to do. He would also like them to facilitate obtaining Italian citizenship.
Kadir, after working as a waiter and manager in some restaurants, decided to open his own rotisserie right in Arcore, in the heart of Brianza; a delicatessen shop with chicken specialties, but also first courses, lasagna, paella, Ascoli olives and mozzarella balls, just to give a few examples.
Kadir promises to win over the most refined and demanding palates. With the specialty of spit-roasted chicken cooked evenly with infrared rays at a temperature of 170 degrees: he managed to win me and my family over and I hope he wins you over too: a story of hope and integration.
Article written by a student from IIIB
