Serene, Mohammad and their son Leo. 36, 1 and 38 years old. Britannico-Lebanese and Syrian. | Mohammad spent fourteen months in prison in Syria for collaborating with foreign media. In June 2013, he fled to Lebanon and then to France where he finally felt safe: “Here, I turned off the survival mode that had been on for too long.” Mohammad moved to Paris with Serene, a journalist whose family has roots in Beirut, Madrid, and London. Thanks to the refugee status that allowed him to work, Mohammad returned to his vocation: humanitarian journalism. Since 2015, he has been directing films and interviewing migrants in Europe and elsewhere for Doctors Without Borders. He has filmed and shared the lives of the inhabitants of the Calais Jungle so often that he inherited the nickname “Jungle man,” which he wears proudly. For Mohammad, “refugees need to be listened to as much as they need food or tents.” But above all, this work with his “family” has “helped his recovery.” “It was by helping the refugees that I was able to overcome what happened to me in Syria… Listening to them and sharing their stories… helped me to cope.” | Paris, France 2018
