Ahmed al-Ahmed, the Bondi beach hero: ‘I’d do it again’ — The Times and The Sunday Times

They call it the golden hour at Bondi, when the light softens, the sea glows and the sun fades. It was the kind of summer evening that Ahmed al-Ahmed would have told his parents about back in Idlib, Syria, before they arrived to join him two months ago, reuniting with a son who had called Australia home for almost two decades. It was the kind of evening, too, that strolling along the seafront with his cousin, Jozay Alkanj, al-Ahmed paused to watch the Jewish celebrations on Bondi beach as