He lived in a small apartment with his mother and sisters and his twin brother with whom he shared a bunk bed. At the age of 19 he received a scholarship from the government to study in the Netherlands where he learned Dutch and then studied in Los Angeles, USA. Issam literally fell in love with the city and dreamed of moving back. He then returned to Belgium where he completed his studies in Business Economics in English. Not liking life in Brussels, he decided to leave and traveled around the world, visiting more than 80 countries and living in 9 countries including Japan, Guatemala, Hong Kong and Australia. All these trips made him a very open and connected person to the world. He then returned to Europe and settled in Paris where he took acting classes at the Actor's Lab. He was first spotted in Belgium for an Israeli-Flemish series "Diamonds" in which he played a Lebanese diamond dealer and did his own stunts. The same year he continues to shoot and we find him in the Belgian series "Baraki" broadcast on Netflix and "Ganglands" where he is a stuntman. He also made an appearance in "The French Mens" produced by Disney + and in the successful feature film "Rebel" directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah who also directed "Bad Boys For life", "Mrs Marvel" and "Bat girl". Later on, he participated in the Cannes Film Festival with the team of the film "Amal" by Jawad Rhalbi. He was then contacted by several modeling agencies in Paris and produced the following year his own travel show as well as a very moving Indian film. Issam is fluent in Arabic, English and French, he likes to perform his own stunts, he has a motorcycle, boat and drone license as well as his diving and skydiving certificate. Show less «