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Throughout his life 29-year-old Adam Pearson has been bullied, harassed, stared at and called everything from Elephant Man to Scarface because of the way he looks. He has neurofibromatosis, a genetic condition which causes tumours to grow on his face, making it swollen and distorted. While some with this condition might choose to hide away from the world, Adam has put himself firmly in the media spotlight, as a television presenter, and more recently as an actor. His first movie role in the film Under The Skin required a nude scene with one of Hollywood's biggest stars, Scarlet Johansson. Johansson plays an alien who drives around Scotland in a van seducing young men.

The playwright Shahid Nadeem has spent a lifetime writing and campaigning about injustices in his adopted homeland of Pakistan. Shahid's play Dara has recently opened in translation at London's National Theatre, a first for a South Asian playwright. It takes place in the Mughal empire of India in the 17th Century, where bitter battles for power laid the foundations for the development of Islam.

Kleber Gomes, also known as Criolo, is a rapper and soul singer from Sao Paulo in Brazil. In 2011, his album called Knot in the Ear brought him fame and international recognition. His musical style is a mix of funk, reggae and samba - but the words always carry a strong social message about inequality and the problems of drugs and violence.

David Mason is an Iranian-born dance teacher who runs Afghanistan's Mobile Mini Circus for Children.

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(Photo left: Adam Pearson. Photo centre: Criolo. Credit: Caroline Bittencourt. Photo right: Nahed Najjar)