Their looks are sometimes dull, often filled with emotion.
Both seated on a chair in the living room of their apartment in Le Mans (Sarthe), which has only three, Mohammed* (43 years old) and Manar* (36 years old) hardly talk about their life in the Gaza Strip, a territory where they were both born.
“I was a pharmacist in Gaza City and I gave courses at the university,” he recalls, not without pride.
She didn't work.
The rest of the room where the meeting takes place this Tuesday gives an impression of emptiness.
A box spring without mattress, a small table and a drying rack, “found upon arrival”, constitute the only furniture.
In the corner of the living room are placed suitcases.
On one of them, the “CDG” label affixed by the airport has not been removed.
Mohammed only arrived in France around ten days ago.
Like 41 other people linked to France, he was able to leave the Gaza Strip on February 12.
His wife and three children Sylla* (12 years old), Moudi* (10 years old) and Beri* (3 years old) were able to reach French territory at the beginning of December.
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