Syrian refugee launches London pop-up with Appear Here

Imad Alarnab was a succesful restauranteaur in Damascus, Syria before he was forced to flee in July 2015. After a 64-day journey through ten countries including a day in the back of an estate car with seven other refugees he made it to the UK.

Now, with the help of Appear Here and Unicef, Imad has been given the space to start again with a tiny pop-up on Columbia Road, E2.

Here he tells his story.