Palestine’s biggest pop star, Mohammed Assaf sings at Barbican Centre. Sharply dressed, handsome and with a faultless voice, Mohammed Assaf seems like your typical poster boy pop star, but his story is far from usual. Overcoming incredible odds to get an audition – travelling from the Gaza Strip to Egypt, navigating difficult checkpoints along the way, the boy who grew up in a refugee camp has become an inspiration and figure of unity for the whole of Palestine, and a human face of Gaza for the rest of the world. London, Apr. 10, 2016. (Photos/Ivan Gonzalez)