• Palestinian Lionel Messi lookalike Ahmad Salaymah. Thomas Coex / AFP
    Palestinian Lionel Messi lookalike Ahmad Salaymah. Thomas Coex / AFP
  • Palestinian Lionel Messi lookalike Ahmad Salaymah playing football. Thomas Coex / AFP
    Palestinian Lionel Messi lookalike Ahmad Salaymah playing football. Thomas Coex / AFP
  • Palestinian Lionel Messi lookalike Ahmad Salaymah strikes a pose. Thomas Coex / AFP
    Palestinian Lionel Messi lookalike Ahmad Salaymah strikes a pose. Thomas Coex / AFP
  • Palestinian Lionel Messi lookalike Ahmad Salaymah. Thomas Coex / AFP
    Palestinian Lionel Messi lookalike Ahmad Salaymah. Thomas Coex / AFP
  • Palestinian Lionel Messi lookalike Ahmad Salaymah. Thomas Coex / AFP
    Palestinian Lionel Messi lookalike Ahmad Salaymah. Thomas Coex / AFP
  • Palestinian Lionel Messi lookalike Ahmad Salaymah. Thomas Coex / AFP
    Palestinian Lionel Messi lookalike Ahmad Salaymah. Thomas Coex / AFP

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In pictures: Palestine’s precocious Lionel Messi lookalike

Jake Badger

June 11, 2014

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Images of nine-year-old Ahmad Salaymah, a Palestinian boy who claims a resemblance to Barcelona star Lionel Messi.

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