02101cam a2200361 i 4500 546031196 TxAuBib 20220101120000.0 210308s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781777010188 paperback 1777010187 paperback (OCoLC)1240728984 NLC eng rda NLC NLC OCLCF OCLCO VP@ OCL YDX DPL TxAuBib rda Al Kontar, Hassan, 1981- Man@the_airport. man@the_airport : how social media saved my life : one Syrian's story / Hassan Al Kontar. Man at the airport. New Westminster, BC, Canada : Tidewater Press, [2021] 231 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "When civil war broke out in his home country in 2011, Hassan Al Kontar was a young Syrian living and working in the UAE. He refused to return to Syria for compulsory military service and lived illegally before being deported to Malaysia in 2018. Unable to obtain a visa for any other country, he became trapped in the arrivals zone at Kuala Lumpur Airport. Exiled by war and trapped by geopolitics, Al Kontar used social media and humour to tell his story to the world, becoming an international celebrity and ultimately finding refuge in Canada. Man@the_airport explores what it means to be a Syrian, an 'illegal,' and a refugee. More broadly, it examines the power of social media to amplify individual voices and facilitate political dissent."-- Provided by publisher. Issued also in electronic format. 20220101. Al Kontar, Hassan 1981- Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Refugees Syria Biography. Refugees Malaysia Biography. Internet personalities Syria Biography. Social media Political aspects. Syria History Civil War, 2011- Refugees Biography. Autobiographies.