The Refugee's Dating Coach

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🗓️ 25 September 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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A Syrian refugee in Berlin hopes to find love but is stumped by German dating codes and is terrified of crossing the line between flirting and harassing. A professional 'flirt coach' steps in to be his guide. (For photos of Sophia and Aktham: bit.ly/Roughly7)

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0:00.0	So, talk to me about dating.
0:05.4	Have you tried to date in Germany?
0:10.8	Have I tried to date in Germany?
0:14.0	This is Okpham Abelhausen.
0:15.3	He's a Syrian refugee living in Berlin.
0:19.2	It had been once last year.
0:21.9	I met an ice girl and our story begins with this one chance encounter.
0:29.2	This was a year ago.
0:30.2	He was chasing down a room for rent.
0:32.2	It's always difficult to find a room here in Berlin.
0:35.7	This one was in a flat, four German guys.
0:38.2	They have some sort of team.
0:41.5	Their common hobby is sword fighting.
0:47.0	Well, the rent was cheap.
0:49.8	Yeah.
0:50.8	Anyway, while he was there, staring at the swords made of foam, mind you, he'd only recently
0:55.2	arrived from the Syrian war.
0:57.3	He started chatting with a woman, who was there with a friend, who was also looking
1:00.6	at the place.
1:01.6	She was in med school.
1:02.6	Her name was Steena.
1:03.8	They liked the same football club.
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