Portrait Stories | This is Saad

Saad’s roots are in Syria. He is a qualified social worker who likes interacting with the elderly. Outside school, he works at a factory and at a Mc. Donald’s. Saad wants to get his driver’s license soon. He is passionate about pigeons, and keeps 75 of them. When Saad was 11 years old, he won a homing pigeon race; his bird made it back home the fastest. Saad’s parents mean a lot to him. They are very strong characters who have been through a lot. They told him: ‘If you stay on the couch, nothing comes to you’.