July 2000 - I leave my family behind me in Lebanon & I arrive in England. My first job is working in a kebab van
People ask if I can speak English
Today
I'm the Specialist Registrar in Psychiatry on call guarding the mental health of people in South London
Dreams do come true
People were fined THOUSANDS for opening their businesses during lockdown. They weren’t profiting, they were trying to break even, and hopefully keep food on their families table. This government are rotten to the very core.
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These people leaving everything they have behind not knowing where they are going or what happens next. The only difference between them and you or I other is sheer luck of where we were born, remember that when you see people trying to find a better life for their family’s.
10 years ago today, I boarded a plane to Barcelona with a one-way ticket, my possessions in a rucksack and less than €100 in my pocket. I was 22 years old and ready for an adventure; life wasn´t working out in the UK; I can only now put into words what I was feeling then.