Fri.Dec 27, 2024

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Former world’s tallest man calls for more compassion for vulnerable in UK

The Guardian

Hussain Bisad, who has had health problems, says government should do more for people with physical or mental illness When Hussain Bisad first settled in north London as an asylum seeker after fleeing from war in Somalia 23 years ago, he did so in the hope of a new and more settled life. Little did he know that shortly after arriving he would be at the centre of the media spotlight, not for his story of escaping conflict but for something altogether different: his height.