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title: "Osama"
description: "\"I like learning, because I want to become a teacher one day.\""
url: "https://www.nrc.no/more-than-a-number-home/osama"
language: "en"
published: "2016-07-20T06:00:00Z"
modified: "2016-07-20T06:18:29Z"
---

# Osama

Published 20. Jul 2016

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

This article was first published more than 10 years ago

"I like learning, because I want to become a teacher one day."

"I like the school too, the teachers here are nice. When I'm not in school, I go to fetch water for my family. It is a lot to carry and I get tired. We don’t have water and electricity in our house here.”

*Syrian Osama (12) is #MoreThanANumber (Location: Azraq, Jordan)*

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