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    Hassan Akkad (Arabic: حسان عقاد) is a British writer, filmmaker and human rights activist originally from Syria.

  2. Jun 4, 2020 · The Syrian refugee and BAFTA-winning filmmaker signed up as an NHS hospital cleaner before taking on the government over migrants’ rights. As he appears in the July issue’s essential workers portfolio, photographed by Jamie Hawkesworth, Giles Hattersley meets the man who hit a nerve.

  3. Nov 25, 2022 · A decade after Syrian refugee Hassan Akkad made his perilous journey to reach the UK, he has finally secured citizenship but can't turn his back on the experience that shaped his life.

    • Nicky Harley
  4. Sep 2, 2021 · A long with dozens of other Syrians, Hassan Akkad was crammed onto a small rubber dinghy heading from Turkey to Europe in the summer of 2015. Weighed down by so many bodies, it started to...

  5. Sep 13, 2021 · Hassan Akkad was a high school English teacher when war broke out in Damascus. As protests against the Syrian government filled the streets, Hassan took part and filmed the rallies. He was detained twice for a total of four weeks – an ordeal that involved torture and solitary confinement.

    • Pan Macmillan
  6. Sep 6, 2023 · BAFTA-winning filmmaker and refugee rights activist Hassan Akkad shares his own experiences of fleeing conflict in Syria in 2015 and subsequent work as a filmmaker in the UK.

    • 42 min
    • 844
    • BAFTA
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  8. Feb 19, 2024 · 3RD GLOBAL PEACE SUMMIT 2024 - Hassan Akkad. Hope Not Fear A Syrian Film Maker and Refugee Rights Activist Born in Syria, Hassan's early life was defined by the devastating realities of...

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    • Humanitarian Affairs Asia
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