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| The Syrian refugee who became mayor of a German village |
| 2023-06-02 |
| [AlAhram] Ryyan Alshebl fled war-torn Syria in 2015, arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos after a harrowing four-hour journey on a rubber boat. Eight years on, he is the mayor of a German village. "It was dark and cold and there was not a single light to be seen on Lesbos," he recalls. |
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