In the space of just six days, Imad Alarnab lost his livelihood and home in a series of bomb attacks in Damascus, Syria. It set in motion an escape for life and liberty that eventually brought Imad, his wife Betul, and their three daughters to the UK.
He says, “I always miss Syria, but not the Syria that exists now. Not even the Syria that existed when we lived there. It wasn’t the same Syria I’d grown up in, with the very face of the cities changing.
“Before the bombings, I had three restaurants, five juice bars and four coffee shops. But, you don’t have the luxury of stopping to think about it all. When the bomb went off in our daughter’s bedroom, we
