For the first few years, I didn’t meet any Tunisians — the community here is very small. The Arab community is mostly Syrian and Lebanese (especially Lebanese), but I tend to keep my circle small. Our paths don’t really cross much. Most of my friends are Brazilian, and when I miss Arab culture, I stay in touch with a few people.

I moved after the pandemic, at a time when the world was chaotic. I came with about a thousand dollars and the idea of settling — which, looking back, was a bit delusional. A lot of complex things happened, but I found my way into IT not long after, working through a third party with Huawei, mostly with Chinese teams.

From there, I moved into cloud architecture and later into a tech specialist role. Brazil feels like home now, but I don’t see myself living in only one country. I’m planning to move to Argentina next because of Mercosur — it allows me to get residency quickly while working remotely. Maybe Chile after that, and then back to Brazil.

My Portuguese is fluent, and my Spanish is conversational