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Meet the 'Neil Armstrong' of the Arab world
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Meet the 'Neil Armstrong' of the Arab world
66-year-old Muhammad Fares is no ordinary Syrian. In 1987 he became the first Syrian to be sent into space. We sat down with Faris as he reflected on his life-changing journey.
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