Carolina Nassar

Sharing Life Stories

My great-grandfather, João, was born in 1901 in a small town in the South of the Lebanon. He lived with his two sisters, one brother and his parents.  

In 1918, when he was 17 Lebanon was under the Turkish army and they forced him to fight for them. He didn’t want to, so he ran away. He hid himself in the mountains until the army left the town.

When he arrived at his town he took my great-grandmother, Chafika, and came to Brazil by boat to escape from the army.

He arrived here and went to Rio de Janeiro where he lived for about one year. Then he moved to the interior of São Paulo to have a better lifestyle.

He lived in a city called Pindorama where he had ten kids, and one of them is my grandfather Rames.

About Me

Hello,

       My name is Carolina Nassar. I’m 12 years old and I’m from Sao Paulo, Brazil. I am tall and thin. I have long, wavy, brown hair and blue eyes. I am friendly, creative and organized but I’m very worried about school because I hate getting bad grades. I have one brother called Augusto and a sister called Vitoria, my mom’s called Bianca and my dad’s called João. I have a dog called Dusty and he’s a Golden Retriever.

       I love playing tennis but I don’t like playing volleyball, when I play it, my arm hurts and I can’t pass the ball to the other side! I hate studying, mainly Geography, I can’t stand it, it’s boring… I’m really interested in arts, it’s so funny! My favorite actor is Josh Hutcherson, he’s brilliant.

       At home I have to make my bed and lay or clear the table, but I don’t have to do the ironing. At school, I must study for the tests and bring all the material of the day but I mustn’t use my cell phone during the classes. I usually spend 2 hours everyday doing my homework.

       I want to be an architect and draw many houses or apartments, I love drawing. I hope to study at USP, just like my mom did. I’d like to live abroad in Germany, for six months and do a course in the USA.