Congratulations to PSG on another great achievement! 🏆
And a special congratulations to Omar Artan.
Tonight, football gave him the stage he deserved. 👏⚽
A Syrian man who was selling pens on the streets of Beirut in 2015, with his young daughter asleep on his shoulder, trying to secure a dignified life for her amid harsh circumstances.
A touching photo was taken of him that spread worldwide and became a symbol of hope and resilience. An Icelandic programmer noticed it and launched a crowdfunding campaign with a goal of $5,000, but it raised over $190,000 in a short time.
Thanks to this support, his family moved to better housing, and his children returned to school. He also invested the money in small projects that provided job opportunities for refugees and sent aid to his relatives in Syria,
transforming a single photo into a turning point that changed his life and inspired widespread human solidarity.
A young man from Burma carried both of his parents—yes, both—for 160 kilometers because they couldn’t walk on their own. His father is 85, his mother is 65, and when their village had to leave because of conflict, everyone kept telling him, “Go ahead, save yourself.” But he refused to move without them.
For 7 days, he walked barefoot through thick jungle, steep hills, and rushing rivers. No proper food, barely any water, his body shaking from exhaustion… but he still held his parents close and kept going, step by step, until they reached safety in Bangladesh.
When someone later asked why he didn’t just run alone, he said something that hits right in the heart: “They carried me when I couldn’t walk. Now it’s my turn.”