Image: Botros distributes emergency aid
What are you grateful for?
- For Jesus and my fiancé
What kind of TV shows do you like best?
-I don't watch much TV because I hardly have time, but if I do, it's the Arabic TV channel MBC4, mainly exciting Arabic or Turkish drama series to pass the time.
Which three apps do you like best?
- Facebook, Viber, YouTube.
A website that I recommend because...
"Yazidiye fil Mahjar" (a Yazidi refugee website) - it tells of their experiences and suffering in Sinjar under the brutal IS terror. Because of my own experiences, I sympathize with their fate and join them in wishing that this genocide and terror would finally end. Unfortunately, this website was closed down, apparently only because it criticized these Islamists.
This is the book I'm currently reading (on my bedside table)
-The Bible is the only book that I read and have within easy reach. Otherwise, I really only read internet news on my cell phone.
This song I love and listen to most often
-Ziad Shehadeh: Ajhalu ma saufa ya'ti (″I don't know what will happen tomorrow, but I trust in God who is always with me")
This is the headline I wanted to read on the front page of the newspaper
-"Mosul liberated - Iraq is now completely free of war and terror - finally peace in the country again" - because even under the dictator Saddam Hussein it was much better and more peaceful than now.
Nyears I'm frustrated, so...
I am always frustrated when I hear that my fellow Iraqis are leaving our country, and especially that so many young people are now doing so. Many of my friends have already left and every day more are leaving. They should rather stay in the country. Iraq belongs to us, the Iraqis, but all the young people today only want to go to Europe. It is a great loss for me and for all of us. I was in Europe only last year, just for a 14-day visit, but after a week I felt homesick and wanted to go back. We Iraqi Christians have something to offer here in Iraq that no one else can give: Jesus, who is the only one who can bring peace.
During my last vacation I was in, or spent...
I recently attended another car race on the outskirts of Baghdad. This is my hobby, where I meet like-minded young people who are fans of racing cars they have made themselves, and where some of us test them on the gravel of an oval racetrack and exchange the latest car news with each other.
I'm happy because...
A few months ago I got engaged in Baghdad. It was wonderful and we had a great party with 150 guests.
I've always kept it a secret that (my secret)...
- (A little embarrassed) In Arabic, you don't tell any secrets in a newspaper interview. But I want nothing more than for my country to be free again.
One last message:
My wish for you in Denmark is that you appreciate your freedom. It is a precious commodity, but don't forget to follow Jesus. That is more important than anything else. I wish you peace - be well, Botros concludes.
Want to help Botros help those in need in Iraq?
Want to lend a helping hand to those in need in Iraq? The lack of basic necessities is enormous. In children, there are signs of malnutrition.
- On average, it costs around 150 DKK to provide a refugee family with water, food, kitchenware, hygiene items and medicine for a week.
- On average, it costs around DKK 652 to ensure that a refugee family has water, food, kitchenware, hygiene items and medicine for a month.
Because of your support, people are getting food and medicine, clothing and whatever else they need. In addition, society will see that at a time like this, Christians are making a very positive contribution in Iraq - and that the Christians that the Islamic State is trying to eradicate are very much needed.
Thank you for providing relief to Iraqi Christians and enabling them to help their fellow human beings in need.
