{"id":5238,"date":"2020-03-25T14:26:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T10:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/?p=5238"},"modified":"2020-11-23T10:49:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T06:49:12","slug":"the-story-of-a-syrian-security-supervisor-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/the-story-of-a-syrian-security-supervisor-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of a Syrian Security Supervisor in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The American University in Dubai campus has people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, nationalities, and professions, and along with such great diversity, comes a variety of interesting personal stories. This multimedia series is created to tell the stories behind the many faces that make up the AUD family. It is a space where familiar faces become known on a deeper level. Learning about the stories of those who surround you on a daily basis, creates a greater form of understanding and tolerance in a community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were particularly interested to know why all these people decided to come to Dubai, learn about the obstacles they encountered in their life and if tomorrow they could go back to their homelands, would they?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hero of our fourth short podcast and photo essay is Tammam Tannous, Head of Security at AUD. Through a couple of photographs, you will get to know him better, understand why he chose to move to Dubai, and learn about some of the struggles he went through and the certificates he received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tammams-Podcast-ENGLISH.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-1-1024x849.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-1-1024x849.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-1-800x663.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-1-768x637.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>\u201cI was born and raised in Kuwait, but I did not choose to go back there; instead I chose to move to Dubai when I was 22 years old,\u201d says Tammam Tannous, a 42-year-old Syrian, in the UAE on March 15, 2020. Caline Hage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-2-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-2-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-2-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-2-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Tannous has been working as the Head of Security at AUD for 18 years. \u201cI chose Dubai because the level of service that I received in the UAE wouldn\u2019t be offered to me in Syria because of the conditions there,\u201d Tannous says in the UAE on March 15, 2020. Caline Hage.<br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-5-1024x839.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-5-1024x839.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-5-800x655.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-5-768x629.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>\u201cI will never think of returning back to Syria, but I\u2019m thinking of moving to another country and getting the passport,\u201d said Tannous about the standard of living in Syria, in the UAE on March 15, 2020. Caline Hage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-4-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-4-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-4-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-4-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>\u201cSince I\u2019m the only child to my parents, I faced hardships and nervousness in adapting, since the lifestyle here is very different,\u201d said Tannous about the hardships he faced in the first two years after he moved to Dubai. He added that he missed his mother a lot in the UAE on March 15, 2020. Caline Hage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-3-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-3-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-3-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamam-3-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>\u201cI received many certificates, one is in security management training from a British company, a certificate from Dubai police, a license certificate from the civil defense to the university, and an appreciation certificate from the university\u2019s president in 2017 for my services in the university,\u201d Tannous said as the University\u2019s Head of Security, in the UAE on March 15, 2020. Caline Hage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Translated by: Farah Mohamed <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edited by: Mais Othman <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American University in Dubai campus has people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, nationalities, and professions,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5245,"href":"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5238\/revisions\/5245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}