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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Teens Journey from Bombs and Bullets to the Glare of a World Cup

A picture taken on October 11, 2022 shows countdown clock in the Qatari capital Doha ahead of the FIFA 2022 football World Cup. (AFP)

When Hazem Attar fled the stricken Syrian city of Aleppo seven years ago, he could not have imagined his brutal journey would lead him to a World Cup football match.

Then aged just 10, Attar told of how seven members of his family packed into a bus to escape the city that had endured more than three years of bombs and bullets from government forces.

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