My name is George, but everybody calls me Ginger George! I was born in Syria and my background is Armenian, but in both communities ginger hair is extremely rare. Even in my entire family, there is no one who has ginger hair and sometimes I ask my mum, ‘Are you sure nothing naughty happened?’ But she always says, ‘Don’t worry. You are my son!’
When I was 17, I lost my father to a heart attack and from then on I was responsible for our family. The following year, I enrolled in a Robotic Engineering degree . . .