World Refugee Day: The story of a French mother who took in an Afghan refugee

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In today's Perspective we speak to Benoit Cohen and Mohammad Ewaz. Cohen is a French filmmaker and author of "Mohammad, My Mother and Me". It's the real-life story of his widowed mother, from one of the most upscale neighbourhoods in Paris, who chose to take in Mohammad, an Afghan refugee. It was a challenge for all involved to find the hope, strength and courage to discover something new, both in themselves and in the world; to use compassion to embrace something different. They tell us more.

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