10/09/2025
This is the life of Ismail Azizi from Tanzania a man who has “died” six times and come back each time, leaving doctors unable to explain and neighbors too afraid to accept.
Once, his family prepared his funeral, only for him to walk out of the morgue alive. Another time, after being bitten by a snake, he recovered when everyone believed he wouldn’t make it. And when his house was set on fire by fearful neighbors, he still emerged alive.
Though he’s never harmed anyone, many accuse him of witchcraft. His family has rejected him, and he now lives alone, farming small plots of land and cooking for himself in solitude.
To some, he is a miracle. To others, a curse. And so, Ismail Azizi lives in the space between fear and fascination a man who has cheated death six times, but lost his community in the process.
