Reza Mohammad is a refugee from Afghanistan living and working in Athens since 2004. On July 30, 2012 he was attacked in the street by three young men holding bricks who hit him and wounded him in the head. Images taken August-September 2012.
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| Reza Mohammad in his home, twenty days after the attack, holding the public hospital's diagnosis prescription. |
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| Reza Mohammad in his home, twenty days after the attack, holding the public hospital's diagnosis prescription. |
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| Reza Mohammad while having breakfast in his home, twenty days after the attack. |
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| Reza Mohammad in his home, twenty days after the attack. |
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| Reza Mohammad observing Greek sculpture in Athens center. He has worked as marble sculptor in his home country. |
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| Reza Mohammad on a walk in Athens center in front of a graffiti that images a rich man. |
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| Reza Mohammad observing Greek sculpture in Athens center. He has worked as marble sculptor in his home country. |
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| Reza Mohammad on an internet cafe in Athens center. |
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| Reza Mohammad on a night walk in Athens. |
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| Reza Mohammad on a night walk in Athens. |
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| Reza Mohammad on a night walk in Athens. |
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| Reza Mohammad on a night walk in Athens. |
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| Reza Mohammad on a night walk in Athens. |
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| Reza Mohammad as seen wounded on the day that he was attacked. |
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| Reza Mohammad as seen wounded on the day that he was attacked. |
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| Reza Mohammad as seen wounded on the day that he was attacked. Close up of the wound on his head. |
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| Reza Mohammad in his home, twenty days after the attack, holding the public hospital's diagnosis- prescription. |
Reza Mohammad is a refugee from Afghanistan living and
working in Athens since 2004. On July 30, 2012 he was attacked in the
street by three young men holding bricks who hit him and wounded him in
the head.
Reza Mohammad was born in the city Gazny in Malistan area of Afghanistan, 32 years ago.
His father and mother were teachers and were killed during an attack to the school by Talibans 15 years ago.
In 2004 we came to Greece shortly after the Olympic Games.
He stayed for three months in the immigration detention center of Komotini and after he came to Athens.
He found a job after one year in construction industry.
In Afghanistan he worked as sculptor.
He was making sculptures of marble which were exported to India and China.
Because he liked sculpture, he tried to find a similar work in Greece too, but he did not succeed.
In his spare time he likes reading poetry, literature and the Koran. He has however been to big music clubs where he has heard live, famous Greek pop singers like Pegy Zina and Kalomoira.
A friend of Reza helped him and found a job in traditional Greek grills , a souvlaki shop, where he works for the last five years.
Usually he finishes work around 11p.m. and he goes home walking for about 30 minutes, from Peristeri area to Ilion where he lives. So on the 30th of Jyly 2012, he was walking going home after work.
In a narrow street close to the school in Peristeri, a young man passed him and soon after he sat in a bus stop and called on his cell phone.
When Reza turned the corner, he was attacked by two men holding bricks who started hitting him in the head with the bricks. But he also felt that he had been hit and a third person too, from behind.
Reza fell in the street unconscious and woke up later blooded in an ambulance that took him to hospital.
After he was discharged from the hospital, he did not file any suit against unknown perpetrators. H also did not go to the police as he feared he would get into more trouble and they would not arrest the perpetrators.
From what he knows, the police behavior towards immigrants in such cases is very aggressive, and do not help them to find the culprit.
After this, his life has changed: He is afraid to go home on foot at night after work, but he also cannot afford to take a taxi, as there are no buses. He a also afraid that he will be attacked when he stays in his home.
Sometimes has happened that some Greeks swear at him for no reason on the street: “Why don’t you leave Greece stinker?” an elderly man one day shouted at him. One day that he was feeding the pigeons in the street a woman accused him by starting shouting at him, that he was trying to poison them.
Those people do not allow Reza to have a normal life.
Reza believes that those who attack with no reason to the immigrants, are the successors of those who killed Jews in Germany during World War 2.
Reza Mohammad was born in the city Gazny in Malistan area of Afghanistan, 32 years ago.
His father and mother were teachers and were killed during an attack to the school by Talibans 15 years ago.
In 2004 we came to Greece shortly after the Olympic Games.
He stayed for three months in the immigration detention center of Komotini and after he came to Athens.
He found a job after one year in construction industry.
In Afghanistan he worked as sculptor.
He was making sculptures of marble which were exported to India and China.
Because he liked sculpture, he tried to find a similar work in Greece too, but he did not succeed.
In his spare time he likes reading poetry, literature and the Koran. He has however been to big music clubs where he has heard live, famous Greek pop singers like Pegy Zina and Kalomoira.
A friend of Reza helped him and found a job in traditional Greek grills , a souvlaki shop, where he works for the last five years.
Usually he finishes work around 11p.m. and he goes home walking for about 30 minutes, from Peristeri area to Ilion where he lives. So on the 30th of Jyly 2012, he was walking going home after work.
In a narrow street close to the school in Peristeri, a young man passed him and soon after he sat in a bus stop and called on his cell phone.
When Reza turned the corner, he was attacked by two men holding bricks who started hitting him in the head with the bricks. But he also felt that he had been hit and a third person too, from behind.
Reza fell in the street unconscious and woke up later blooded in an ambulance that took him to hospital.
After he was discharged from the hospital, he did not file any suit against unknown perpetrators. H also did not go to the police as he feared he would get into more trouble and they would not arrest the perpetrators.
From what he knows, the police behavior towards immigrants in such cases is very aggressive, and do not help them to find the culprit.
After this, his life has changed: He is afraid to go home on foot at night after work, but he also cannot afford to take a taxi, as there are no buses. He a also afraid that he will be attacked when he stays in his home.
Sometimes has happened that some Greeks swear at him for no reason on the street: “Why don’t you leave Greece stinker?” an elderly man one day shouted at him. One day that he was feeding the pigeons in the street a woman accused him by starting shouting at him, that he was trying to poison them.
Those people do not allow Reza to have a normal life.
Reza believes that those who attack with no reason to the immigrants, are the successors of those who killed Jews in Germany during World War 2.
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