‘I vote for the first time after escaping a dictatorship’

Ahmet Al Masri and his wife Ghayda grew under the shadow of Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship in Syria, where freedom of democracy and speech grew only in place where dreams.

Now they are about to vote for the first time in 40 and new Canadian citizens in the general elections in Canada. This is more than a newsletter for them – this is a strong moment of freedom that he never thought.

Produced by Eloise Alanna.