Becoming the best of friends in Beirut
Shadi is Syrian and Elie is Lebanese. They met on a Beirut movie set and are now best friends. Elie is from Lebanon and Shadi is a refugee from Syria. Both are part-time actors and they met on the set of a movie in Beirut. The two 33-year-olds instantly clicked,...
Syrian family embrace their homing instinct
Displaced inside their country since 2012, a young family return home to find their old neighbourhood in ruins. Now they are striving to put their lives back together. By Christopher Reardon in Homs, Syria From the rooftop above his family’s flat, a brown-eyed boy...
Software Developer Starts New Life as Canadian Skilled Worker
After living in Lebanon for 8 years as a refugee, Mohammed Hakmi is the first refugee to come to Canada as a skilled worker under an innovative pilot program. By Rachel McNally in Ottawa, Canada Up until a few weeks ago, Mohammed Hakmi was one of the world’s 25...