---
title: "Aus"
description: "\"We can finally breathe again, finally sleep again. In Fallujah, we lived in constant fear for our lives.\""
url: "https://www.nrc.no/more-than-a-number-home/aus"
language: "en"
published: "2016-07-27T09:24:00Z"
modified: "2016-08-15T09:25:36Z"
---

# Aus

Published 27. Jul 2016|Updated 15. Aug 2016

[More than a number](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=312)

This article was first published more than 10 years ago

"We can finally breathe again, finally sleep again. In Fallujah, we lived in constant fear for our lives."

"We heard and saw rockets and bombs go off everywhere. It is like a dream for us that we are safe now, and still in Iraq. I can hardly believe it."

Aus (7) and his mother are #MoreThanANumber (Location: Al Fallujah, Iraq)

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