I was in Shanghai for a quick weekend getaway when I chanced upon this misadventure. I flew into Shanghai Pudong Airport late into the night by a Hong Kong Airlines flight. My attempt at flying back out was what would prove eventful. I took a taxi to my hotel, making a mental note to […]
Two years have passed since I came across the Syrian. I was at the Abu Dhabi airport awaiting a flight to Singapore. We were both sitting, watching TV news and waiting for our boarding calls, when we got into a conversation. The man was younger than I was. He seemed to be in his early twenties. He was very fair and bearded. He wore jeans and a t-shirt. “Middle Eastern” would not be a description that would have come to mind. He told me that he had fled Syria and had gone abroad to s […]