82: I lived in an airport for 7 months: Hassan Al Kontar

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Andrew Gold

Personal Journals, Documentary, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is Hassan al-Kontar, an absolute gem of a person who found himself in one of the most unique and unusual positions imaginable: living in an airport for seven months. As a Syrian refugee, Hassan had been working in the United Arab Emirates, when civil war broke out in Syria. Refusing to return there to join the Syrian military (knowing he might be arrested upon arrival), he stayed abroad, and Hassan’s passport renewal was later denied, leaving him stranded in Kuala Lumpar International Airport in Malaysia. Sign up on Apple VIP or http://patreon.com/andrewgold for the half-hour bonus chat. Hassan Al Kontar links: https://www.instagram.com/kontar_81 https://twitter.com/Kontar81 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Airport-Social-Life-One-Syrians-ebook/dp/B094YLT5FF Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://andrewgoldpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.4	online today. They kept telling me that oh you are a celebrity now and I hear no
1:05.8	celebrity they have their own jets they don't stuck at airports. I am a zoo
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