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Published February 20th, 2018 - 06:40 GMT

Syrian refugee Amir al-Awad (R) watches as Adel Bazmawi (C) teaches martial arts to youth at the academy in Egypt's second city of Alexandria on January 4, 2018. The academy is squeezed into just 30 square metres (320 square feet), in a modestly equipped hall at the bottom of a residential building in the Alexandria neighbourhood. The academy's founders began the project in 2016 with just 3,000 Egyptian pounds (about $430 at the time).

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Syrian refugee Amir al-Awad (R) watches as Adel Bazmawi (C) teaches martial arts to youth at the academy in Egypt's Alexandria on Jan 4, 2018. The academy is squeezed into just 30 square metres, in a modestly equipped hall at the bottom of a residential building. The project began in 2016 with just $430 at the time. KHALED DESOUKI / AFP

Syrian refugee Amir al-Awad (R) watches as Adel Bazmawi (C) teaches martial arts to youth at the academy in Egypt's Alexandria on Jan 4, 2018. The academy is squeezed into just 30 square metres, in a modestly equipped hall at the bottom of a residential building. The project began in 2016 with just $430 at the time.

KHALED DESOUKI / AFP
Syrian refugee Amir al-Awad (R) watches as Adel Bazmawi (C) teaches martial arts to youth at the academy in Egypt's Alexandria on Jan 4, 2018. The academy is squeezed into just 30 square metres, in a modestly equipped hall at the bottom of a residential building. The project began in 2016 with just $430 at the time. KHALED DESOUKI / AFP

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