Friday, April 19, 2024

Topic: International

‘I’ll get to my refugee story in a minute but first let’s jump to the happy ending’ – Hasan Abdulrazzak

In the Iraq of the late 1970s, life was extremely good for middle-class families like mine. Dad worked as a sociologist in a research centre and Mum as a paediatrician. The oil boom meant that salaries were high and my parents used any excuse to throw lavish parties.