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Diana

Diana comes from Albania ; she was born in 1976 at Shkrapar and came in Greece for the first time in 2000. At the time of the interview her worked as a 'Domestic helper, Cleaner'.

Interview date: 01/04/2005

Researcher who did the interview: Lambrini Styliou

Subfield of the interview: Labor

Summary:

The interview was conducted in a cafe in Volos. Diana is married and has a young daughter. She lives with her parents-in-law, her brother-in-law and his wife in an old house. Some of the main issues discussed in the interview concern: her tough and unpleasant childhood and teenage years in Albania due to the fact that after her mother´s death she had to take care of the family, her views on communism, her decision to get married, her migration to Greece and the first period´s difficulties, problems in her relationship with her husband, her mother-in-law´s role, her attitude towards work and her relations with her employers, her future plans and her ties to Albania.

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