Most of us remember the day we got a big career break. For Elian Habra, he was driving home from work at the bank in Damascus in early 2015. In the distance, a plume of smoke was rising into the sky from a mortar bomb explosion. “My mum had just called to ask where I was and then I got the email,” he recalls. “I couldn’t stop smiling. I didn’t want to tell anyone but this felt like a sign to leave for Luxembourg.”
To anyone who has never lived in a warzone, this might sound like an obvious conclusion. But Habra was happy with…
