His shouts of joy echo from the mountains as the young Syrian refugee pumps his fists in the air on a roadside in Norway. “I made it into Georgetown!” Omar Alshogre exclaims in disbelief after hearing he has been accepted to study at the prestigious Washington DC University. The video lasts just nine seconds, shared to Mr Alshogre’s Twitter page, but his joy is so contagious it has been viewed over 100,000 times in the past 24 hours. “Maybe because I’m happy and people need to see someone who is happy and laughing for a moment,” Mr Alshogre says. by way of explanation.
