Across Europe, countless men from the Middle East and North Africa live under quiet, persistent suspicion. Moroccans, Iranians, Palestinians, and other men perceived as Middle Eastern are often emotionally invisible. Prejudice, stereotypes, and fear overshadow their humanity, stealing dignity and erasing individuality. Societies judge them before they know them, scrutinise them before they understand them, reducing fathers, brothers, and sons to mere statistics or assumptions. In their silence, they carry burdens most of us never notice.

This invisibility is not merely social; it is profoundly human. It steals dignity, erases individuality, and leaves the men themselves questioning their place in the world. They are fathers, brothers, sons, and husbands, yet societies reduce them to suspicion, statistics, or assumptions. Their courage, tenderness, and care often go unseen, unappreciated, and unacknowledged.

As someone who has lived across continents and spent time in London, I have witnessed the universality of human desire to belong, to be recognised, to love, and to care for one’s........

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