The Vulnerability Series is an exhibition by Syrian artist Abdulla Al-Omari in the
United Arab Emirates. He gives world leaders a makeover with a difference. He takes them out of their fine suits and paints them as refugees, euronews reports.

Al-Omari says his exhibition is a reaction to his plight as a refugee: “I wanted to imagine how all these powerful leaders in the world would look if they were in our shoes.

The painter says he wanted to “disarm” the leaders by picturing them outside their positions of power.

The media, he says, focuses on the numbers of refugees but neglects the personal stories behind these figures.

“When you know the personal story of someone, you connect with them,” says Al-Omari.