Assad wanted to make him a minister, but then he fled to Tienen: “My students, aged 10 and 14, were arrested and tortured”

He had his career in order in Syria: as a professor of French literature, founder of one of the largest language schools and possibly even Minister of Culture. And yet Farouk Alhasbani (54) fled to our country with his family – away from war, away from the horror. But what now, after President Assad is ousted from power? “We asked the question to our children. They don’t want to go back.”

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