Yesterday Ahmed left his home for the first (0) TIME in eleven years. But his home is a very unusual one – he has the last eleven years living in an international airport.
Ahmed had no family in his own country, so eleven years ago he set off to search his sister who lived in Scotland. He hadn’t heard from her for years, but he had an old address. He never Scotland, however, because while he was waiting for a connecting flight, all his documents stolen and he had to ask for new ones. As he had nowhere to go, he stayed at the airport.
After a few weeks, he was still there. He became as ‘Sir George’ and all the airport staff liked him. Eleven years his documents arrived and he was free to go. But he no longer wanted to!