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Rod Minchin

Syrian who was blinded during war graduates from top UK university

Maher Fattouh speaks to the crowd at his graduation (University of Bristol/PA) -

A Syrian footballer who lost his eyesight while fleeing his war-torn home country has graduated from university in the UK.

In 2014, Maher Fattouh, then aged 21, was caught in a bomb explosion as he crossed the border into Lebanon to avoid military service in Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

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