Hope not fear : finding my way from refugee to filmmaker, to NHS hospital cleaner and activist
Akkad, Hassan2021
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From the jasmine-scented streets of Damascus to uprisings, protest, torture and being forced to flee his home, Hassan Akkad has experienced the unimaginable. Yet, he still holds on to hope and chooses to see the kindness in humanity every day. Driven by an unshakeable instinct to raise awareness, help and connect, Hassan describes both his perilous journey to the UK - the subject of his BAFTA award-winning film 'Exodus' - and his life in Syria before the war. Since seeking asylum in the UK, it is this caring instinct and determination that has seen Hassan share not only his experience as a is unique eye-witness as a refugee, but to the coronavirus pandemic, where his documentation of work as a cleaner on a London hospital Covid-19 ward instigated a government U-turn on excluding the families of NHS cleaners and porters from its bereavement compensation scheme.
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Author:
Akkad, Hassan, author
Imprint:
London : Bluebird, 2021.
Collation:
304 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781529059816 (hbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
Akkad, HassanRefugees -- SyriaRefugees -- Great BritainPolitical activists -- SyriaPolitical activists -- Great BritainMotion picture producers and directors -- SyriaMotion picture producers and directors -- Great BritainCleaning personnel -- SyriaCleaning personnel -- Great BritainPolitics and GovernmentRefugees -- Syria
BRN:
2903940