Syrian refugee elected mayor of German village
Published on: Wednesday 05 April 2023
By Riham Alkousaa and Ayhan Uyanik BERLIN (Reuters) - Rayyan Alshebl made his first contact with Germany in 2009, watching Bayern Munich football matches on television in Syria. A few years later, he would seek refuge there after civil war in his home country forced him to flee. Today, he is not only a German citizen but mayor-elect of Ostelsheim, a village of 2,500 near the city of Stuttgart,
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/syrian-refugee-elected-mayor-of-german-village/ar-AA19v9Pn