When All Else Is Gone: Story of a Syrian Refugee | Mohammed Alsaleh | TEDxEastVan
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- What do you do when you face the unthinkable? When all else is gone, what are you left with?
In this moving talk, Mohammed Alsaleh answers these questions based on his lived first-hand experiences, from Syria to Canada, he went from being a medical student, to terrorist, to refugee. Mohammed Alsaleh is a Syrian Canadian activist and advocate.
During his final years of Med school, he was forced to flee Syria after surviving imprisonment and torture by the Assad regime for his involvement in the peaceful Syrian uprising.
Fleeing to neighbouring Lebanon, he had lost all hope facing hardships of forced displacement until hope was restored by Canada. In 2014, he was offered a new opportunity in life as one of the first 28 Syrian refugee arrivals ever resettled in BC.
Since then, Mohammed has been building a new life in Metro Vancouver while resuming his activism as a public speaker and volunteer at various public engagements, raising awareness and helping other newcomers settle in Canada.
He currently serves as a Refugee Resettlement worker with Immigrant Services Society of BC. His journey from Syria to Canada and his work with refugees was featured in the documentary "Welcome to Canada". This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
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Brother, i hope you are safe and living a beautiful life full of happiness and blessings. Ameen 😊🙂
Such a sad n great story . You are a dreamer. Your dreams will be full filled. Destined for greatness. Thank you, bless you . All your dreams come true.
A story worth sharing Mohammed.
One of courage, hope and determination to see the light, even in the dark.
Thank you for sharing and for being the light.
Thank you dear for your very kind words
Informative, lovely, inspiring, and powerful. In addition, I have mentioned your story in one of my English writing essays and CLEARLY mentioned your story and your hope for staying alive and attached to life this much 🙌🏻much appreciated 🤝🥀
heart touching, inspiring
it's good you are fine and safe now .. you totally deserve that a new start and achieve all your dreams
proud of you .. your friend and brother Tony
(maybe we can meet soon again in Canada or Germany)
Thanks for your kind words, Tony. A lot have happened since we last saw each other in Damascus in 2012. We both became refugees to start with. Most of our mutual friends, if not all, are now outside of Syria. The war destroyed everything. Glad to hear you're safe in Germany and hope to see you one day and catch up.
Sorrowfully I had experienced the sam sad story before I flew out of Syria to Germany and started studying again.
All love and respect for you bro ❤️
Thank you for sharing and thanks for all you do to advocate and help others. Grateful for your safety.
Thank you
nice man we love you
we hope that you meet your family again
An incredibly moving and inspiring story...... told with heart and hope!
Thank you
Heart touching , wish to see you in India soon...
Thank you - you should come visit me in Canada!
Mohammed Alsaleh surely i will visit you one day, Dearbrother
I hope I can share my story once
Great
Thank you
Mohammed Alsaleh wow i didn't think you'd reply, your story is truly inspiring and I wish you the best of luck, you are hope for many people
I am glad to hear that my message of hope and perseverance is well received. Thank you again
Mohmmad
Thank you for watching my talk Mokhtar!
your story is truly touching Mohammed. Keep up the good work by spreading the true voice of freedom.
Thank you