Dilshad Hamdo
ON THE RECORD · 5 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“We heard that there are people returning to Afrin, and that there is registration in order to return,”
Dilshad Hamdo · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-26
Hamdo recalled hearing that registration had opened for displaced families to return to Afrin.
“We told them we want to return to our land. We cannot live here. Because a person can only rest in his house and his land, and we suffered greatly outside our land.”
Dilshad Hamdo · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-26
Hamdo described his family's suffering in displacement and their desire to return to their land.
“After Syria was liberated, we wanted to return to our land. We do not see any distinction between the Arab and the Kurd, and all of us are one people. And we only want peace and safety.”
Dilshad Hamdo · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-26
Hamdo expressed his desire for peace and unity between Arabs and Kurds following the collapse of al-Assad's regime.
“I have a lot of memories in this house with my extended family. There is nothing like the house and the land,”
Dilshad Hamdo · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-26
Dilshad Hamdo returned to his father's home in Afrin after years of displacement and found it stripped bare.
“The people who were living in our house asked for a period of several months until they left. After several months, we paid them 300 American dollars so they would leave the house, travel money so they could return to Homs, and we got our house,”
Dilshad Hamdo · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-26
Hamdo described how his family negotiated with and paid a displaced family from Homs to vacate their home.