Ebrahim fled from Iran to the UK alone, aged 15. Here, the comic book artist Karrie Fransman explains how she told his story
Ebrahim was only 15 when his stepfather paid agents to smuggle him out of Iran. What followed was a terrifying trip across Europe people were beaten up, women were raped, their IDs were stolen. Ebrahim had no idea where he was going, until he stepped out of a truck and found himself in the UK.
When I was asked to turn Ebrahim's story into a comic, I was incredibly excited but also scared. Most of my comics are fiction, and this was a very different challenge. I met up with Ebrahim for an initial interview, and started with the facts and figures: what happened? When? How long has he been in the UK?
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