Sophie Mongalvy

The fatigue shows in his eyes and his jittery legs betray his nerves: Mohamed sits in a Swedish cafe six weeks after fleeing the bombs and death threats that have become a part of everyday life in Iraq, hoping for a chance to start his life again. Mohamed, a former shopkeeper in a town south of Baghdad, paid $40 000 to a smuggler to help him flee Iraq with his wife and two children, aged four and nine.