Circa 1981, in a big city up north,
we had either an Iranian or Iraqi living in a bedsit above us.
He was a perpetual student, getting on for 30, who quietly kept himself to himself.
We found out from the landlady he was the son of a high ranking military officer
staying in England studying different subjects from one year to the next,
rather than go home and be pushed into military service and war.

Can't remember what happened to him.
The only thing that sticks in my mind,
was how much he hogged the only bathroom in the building..
Presumably preoccupied with prayer rituals...???
Keeping me and my girlfriend waiting outside on the stairs..
Not much fun shivering outside a north country attic bathroom in winter...

[We also had an old drunk living below us, who stole my girlfriends underware off the washing line..
The fun of leaving home in small town west country for distant big city life...]

Anyway, we kind of speculated that if the student was hiding out in England,
he was probably very cautious about being found by other expat/refugee Iranians or Iraquis at that time in history...???