Our Guestbook
”Visiting UmAy upon such an overloaded year, I could finally relish freedom of body and mind and make peace with time which, at last, stopped rushing. My time as a visitor/volunteer at UmAy turned into a restorative journey of yoga, walking, and long conversations with my mentor and friend Özlem. These conversations left me with an easy-to-feel, difficult-to-maintain feeling: hope”
”Even when alone, it is an empowering and promising abundance to know the existence of this house as a safe space. How fresh my breathing became thanks to the strong hearts’ believing in a whole, embracing rituals, having deep conversations at night, challenging borders, loving nature, helping me forget modern binaries.’’
‘’Hospitality is one of UmAy House’s many virtues, and it is present in many dimensions: spiritual, intellectual, nutritional, physical…’’
Proposing “halcyon” as an attribute to UmAy
Proposing “halcyon” as an attribute to UmAy It has been almost a year now since I first heard about UmAy. Throughout this year, I lived through the busiest months of my life, then moved to Canada for a couple of months, returned from Canada earlier than expected due...
About UmAy Home Space
UmAy Home Space is a place that I will recommend to all of my friends in order to spend some quality time with the amazing host to socialize, to discuss interesting topics, to share different thoughts, to enjoy with atmosphere and pleasant environment. It is the space...
UmAy as a Safe Port
UmAy Home is a place where I will always come back to, physically and emotionally. It is a place of peace and positive introspection. It serves as a safe port during a challenging time, and I was able to look back on my journey while there, as a proper “misafir” would...
An Essay on UmAy
One cannot know to where to turn in stressful and anxious days. It is hard to distinguish between what comes from you and what doesn't, and to journey into the silence. To be able to feel that you are heard when you talk is even harder. You know that there is one...
About the Beautiful Days at UmAy
UmAy is a house full with delightful feelings, I couldn’t even dare to imagine its existence for a long time. If I hadn’t actually spent time there I would have thought it is just utopia. All the things that I thought were devalued in the world such as art,...
Interview with Özlem Ezer
In researching the author of the book Syrian Women Refugees 2019, Ozlem Ezer, also the creator of UmAy home and work space, I was very interested in interviewing her in a more formal setting, beyond our conversations over breakfasts and cups of coffee. Ozlem describes...
Proposing “halcyon” as an attribute to UmAy
Proposing “halcyon” as an attribute to UmAy It has been almost a year now since I first heard about UmAy. Throughout this year, I lived through the busiest months of my life, then moved to Canada for a couple of months, returned from Canada earlier than expected due...
About UmAy Home Space
UmAy Home Space is a place that I will recommend to all of my friends in order to spend some quality time with the amazing host to socialize, to discuss interesting topics, to share different thoughts, to enjoy with atmosphere and pleasant environment. It is the space...
UmAy as a Safe Port
UmAy Home is a place where I will always come back to, physically and emotionally. It is a place of peace and positive introspection. It serves as a safe port during a challenging time, and I was able to look back on my journey while there, as a proper “misafir” would...
An Essay on UmAy
One cannot know to where to turn in stressful and anxious days. It is hard to distinguish between what comes from you and what doesn't, and to journey into the silence. To be able to feel that you are heard when you talk is even harder. You know that there is one...
About the Beautiful Days at UmAy
UmAy is a house full with delightful feelings, I couldn’t even dare to imagine its existence for a long time. If I hadn’t actually spent time there I would have thought it is just utopia. All the things that I thought were devalued in the world such as art,...
Interview with Özlem Ezer
In researching the author of the book Syrian Women Refugees 2019, Ozlem Ezer, also the creator of UmAy home and work space, I was very interested in interviewing her in a more formal setting, beyond our conversations over breakfasts and cups of coffee. Ozlem describes...