Former FIFA referee Hamdi Al Kadri conducts a German 9th division soccer match between TSV Pyrbaum and FC Altdorf in Pyrbaum, southern Germany, November 6, 2016. Picture taken November 6, 2016. Syrian migrant Al-Kadri was member of the referee team at high level FIFA matches, such as World Cup bouts before he came to Germany as a Syrian refugee. REUTERS/Michael Dalder
PYRBAUM, Germany (Reuters) - Hamdi Al-Kadri used to referee soccer matches with players as big as Ronaldo. Now, forced to flee his native Syria, he oversees amateur matches as a way to integrate into his new home country, Germany.
The 51-year-old former FIFA referee fled the Syrian civil war in 2012 after his house in Damascus was destroyed in an air raid, first heading to neighbouring Jordan and then making it to Germany with his wife and four children.
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