Smuggler
A Syrian national who grew up in the UAE, The Unexpected Refugee tells a challenging story. Faced with possible conscription to the military to fight in the Syrian Civil War due to passport renewal re…
Smuggler
A Syrian national who grew up in the UAE, The Unexpected Refugee tells a challenging story. Faced with possible conscription to the military to fight in the Syrian Civil War due to passport renewal restrictions.This documentary gives an intimately personal account of one of the millions of people around the world suffering from similar challenges. As a filmmaker, he saw an opportunity to raise awareness for the 4.27 million Syrian refugees and millions of others around the world by telling his story. —Ihab Mokayed
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A Syrian national who grew up in the UAE, The Unexpected Refugee tells a challenging story. Faced with possible conscription to the military to fight in the Syrian Civil War due to passport renewal restrictions.This documentary gives an intimately personal account of one of the millions of people around the world suffering from similar challenges. As a filmmaker, he saw an opportunity to raise awareness for the 4.27 million Syrian refugees and millions of others around the world by telling his story.
—Ihab Mokayed.