A former Syrian lawmaker and longtime opponent of Bashar Assad regime is now working as a street vendor in the Canadian city of Vancouver.
Images of Mamoun al-Homsi, who defected to Canada in 2010, selling coffee, tea and the popular Middle Eastern drink sahlab at a street stall in Vancouver have been widely shared on social media this week.
The former independent MP was imprisoned for five years in 2000 after he went on a hunger strike to protest against human rights abuses perpetrated by the regime.
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