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Hassan al-Kontar is from As-Suwayda, a city in southwestern Syria near the Jordanian Borders. He and his 2 sibling live with their Father, a Mechanical Engineer, and Mother, a Medical Nurse.

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Hassan is offered a job as a Insurance Marketing Agent in Dubai, UAE. He takes the job is given a Work Permit which allowed him to stay in Dubai from 2006 to 2011.

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The Syrian Civil War began, but the Syrian Embassy refused to renew his Visa so his last option was to return to Syria. However, in Syria it is Mandatory for all Able-Bodied men to join the Army. Hassan did not want to  join the Army so he was afraid he was going to be arrested or forced to join the Army. Therefore he stayed illegally in UAE.

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Hassan managed to evade Authorities for almost 6 years but unfortunately, his luck ran out and he was arrested and deported to Malaysia as it was one of the only countries to allow Syrians to enter without a Visa. From there Hassan brought a ticket for Ecuador but the Turkish staff neither allowed him to board the plane or refund his ticket. He got a plane heading to Cambodia but he was denied permission to enter the country and was taken back to Malaysia.

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With dwindling resources, Hassan told the world about his life by posting regular videos on the Internet sharing the details of how he was surviving on a daily basis.

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By this time Hassan had spent 100 days trapped in the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and joked about it by applying to NASA to join the mission to Mars, quoting if he had an opportunity to leave Earth and the worst parts of humanity, he would.

Seeing Hassan's situation a woman from British Columbia, Canada started a fundraiser to sponsor his travel. People from around the world contributed to the fund. In the end, 2 organizations, The British Columbia Muslim Association and Canada Caring Society provided him legal aid and sponsored him to Canada as a refugee.

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While negotiations were taking place, Hassan was being detained for being in a forbidden area of the airport. He spent the coming 58 days in a detention facility while the Malaysian government, who wanted do deport him to Syria, were being convinced to let him go to Canada.

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Hassan's wait was finally over. He was privately sponsored for asylum in Canada. He was given permanent residence and stayed with the family of one of his sponsors, Laurie Cooper. He soon started working in a restaurant.

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Hassan joined a resettlement project called Operation Not Forgotten, a program to bring back refugees stranded for many years in 2 islands near Australia to Canada.