‘A dream come true’: Syrian twin actors return home after 14 years of exile in France

‘A dream come true’: Syrian twin actors return home after 14 years of exile in France
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‘A dream come true’: Syrian twin actors return home after 14 years of exile in France
Author: Andrei Popoviciu; photography by Alexandra Corcode
Published: Feb, 24 2025 07:00

Summary at a Glance

One is wearing a white coat with an orange scarf and red glasses, and the other is wearing a red scarf, silver dress and has his hair tied up] As they found their footing, they wrote and performed a play, The Two Refugees, chronicling the experience of refugees in France and inspired by their story.

Thick layers of dust shimmer in sunlight as Mohamad and Ahmad Malas sift through old belongings in their Damascus apartment, abandoned for 14 years.

Soon after, Mohamad travelled from Jordan, and Ahmad followed from France.

Chairs, couches and chandeliers in the living room are cloaked in dust, and on one of the walls portraits of their father and one of their brothers, who have died, hang frozen in time.

Mohamad was at a film festival in Jordan; Ahmad was in France.

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