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I met Benyezzar Youcef last week at the World of Coffee Conference in Dubai and we immediately connected. He is a great creative with the camera and me a collector of stories; a couple of anecdotes here and there and I got to hear his story:
Here’s Benyezzar Youcef:
Hi, my name is Youcef, I’m a filmmaker from Algeria, I’ve been working in this field for around 4 years in my home country, but I always felt like I wanted to do more, I felt like I COULD do more, so it has always been my goal to leave Algeria and explore the world for bigger opportunities.
I kept delaying that, mainly of a long-term relationship I had, but that changed, as I decided to come to Dubai just for a tourist visit, and maybe get one or two freelance gigs while I’m there.
As soon as I arrived in Dubai, problems started and I realised that I’ve been held back by something that isn’t worth it, so I decided to look for opportunities in Dubai, and maybe stay here for a while, and that’s when I started to look for opportunities, at the same time I was going through one of the hardest periods in my life, important choices to make, important things to give up on.
One day on my 3rd week of staying in Dubai, I walked into an office called Alfan in Media city, I presented myself, and left them…
