Kawther Salam

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Ramin told me that I have to fill an application for the residence application at the civil administration in Austria.

I went with Ramin to Wien 1180 District Administration office.

It was a rainy day.
The streets were quiet and wet.
Everything around me is completely different.
In my homeland in Palestine August is considered as a hot month.
The morning is a live hour …
But, I am in Wien now…

At the nearby shop, I stopped to buy a postcard for Romi.

We arrived the civil administration office around 7:30am. We had our entry ticket. I filled in the residential staying form. The administration employee start looking for “Palestine” under the list of countries at the office computer.
He didn’t find “Palestine” in the list …

Palestine is not recognized. He said: maybe I mention your nationality under Israel ?
No, I’m not Israeli, you shouldn’t do that. I’m a Palestinian.

Ramin became angry…
He asked, why Palestine is not recognized in the computer ? Is this a mistake ? The worker said, “This a political question!!!” It’s not a mistake. It’s a political decision made by the European countries.

I showed the worker my International Press Card which was issued in Brussels, a European country, and recognized the word Palestine. The worker looked at my card, he said, “This is not a computer word, it’s a print one!!”

The civil administration office, asked by phone the officer in charge about that. The officer said that I have to be mentioned under “Unknown” nationality!!

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