Escaping a broken world for hope in Canberra
aboard a plane. Given everything the family had endured fleeing the war in Syria that had ripped their world apart, grateful is an understatement when it comes to describing how they felt. The brothers finally felt “safe” and had a home they would grow to adopt as their own, a home in Canberra that would help them escape the horrors of the past. “Every night in Syria we would go to bed feeling scared,” says Mohamad, now 19 years old. “The nights were the worst because of all the sounds, you can’t sleep, especially with all the kids in my family and all the crying… it was hard, v...