What’s the problem and solving solution?
All of the interviewed refugees face an issue regarding language since they are unable to speak the language of the country they are escaping into.
What is the meaning of the title?
I believe that the meaning of the title “Something Like Home” explains the story of their challenge of fleeing their hometown into somewhere “similar” yet completely different. Since people from Syria do not have a large variety of places to flee into, they are forced to move to a similar area in that sense. However, this somewhat “similar” area contain a different language and culture. A place that feels so close yet so far from home.
What’s the message?
Language barriers are always the biggest wall they need to break and they explain that this is because anybody is able to survive just by having the weapon of language. Language is education and education is a weapon.
Summary?
Four Syrian refugees had to flee out of their house and country to keep themselves safe since there are wars and battle going on that can lead to serious damage. Most of the people cannot go back to their birth place since it takes an extended period of time for conflicts to resolve. They share their stories of their experience and their struggle to acquire a new language at a new country with a new life.
