Never talk to strangers. Sometimes they enlighten you.

For the uninitiated, a vox pop is a crucial go-to in a journalist's tool kit. It's where a stranger is asked their opinion on a water-cooler topic. The weather. The government. You've seen them before.

The answers are generally predictable, but not always. Sometimes they're Faik.

REPORTING by AIDEN McNAMARA

FILMED by AIDEN McNAMARA

DRUMMING by AIDEN McNAMARA