When Wafa was a child, in Syria, her father took her to protests.

"This past, that my dad shaped in a huge part, was and still is the thing that gives me this strength to continue," she says.

But when he was arrested and detained, Wafa and her family fled to Turkey.

"And since that, I guess I felt that I lost myself and I was very depressed," she says.

Nevertheless, Wafa provided for her mother and sister for three years, until she was offered refuge in Germany and once again had to make the difficult decision to leave her family behind.

Now, in Berlin, she dedicates her life to political activism.

"I've always dreamed of a free democratic country where citizens have their dignity and where law is there," Wafa says.

But the painful experiences "are still shaping my life".

"By the end of the day, when I go to my bed, I'm not 30 anymore," Wafa says, "I'm six years old - a child... who just wants her dad back."