Story | 25 October 2017
As a young man growing up in Harfa village in north east of Quneitra governorate, Shareef dreamt of moving to Syria's capital city of Damascus to work in construction.
"I was always fascinated by building things and I wanted to pursue construction as a young man," said Shareef, who realised his dream and helped build many buildings in Syria's capital in the 1960s and 1970s.
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