Photo by @chebmoha Twenty-five-year-old Cheb Moha (@chebmoha) was born in Iraq, raised in Libya and Canada, then couch-surfed his way across Europe and the Middle East. He?s settled (for a moment) in the United Arab Emirates. ?I have never encountered a place that was boring to me,? says Moha, whose first photos were made with an old film camera and a roll of expired film. ?The pictures were really bad,? he admits. But he?d found a way of connecting with people around the world. ?It?s a very intimate thing to ask someone, ?Can I take your picture It created a lot of friendships, a lot of relationships and opportunities.? From those opportunities, he?s built a career as a stylist, art director and photographer, with his images now hanging on gallery walls at GPP Week, the Dubai-based photo festival organized by @gulfphotoplus. ?I?m peeling back the layers of where I am and going beyond the confines of how things are usually seen,? he says. Watch today?s story to see his portraits from across the Middle East.