2 of his friends died in the attacks.
Madonna reached out to him.
Madonna, according to Brahim, contacted him after the Paris attacks to ask if he was "ok". Brahim reports losing 2 friends in the attacks and claims he would have been a victim if not for a last minute change of plans. Interview in French:
http://www.public.fr/News/Attentats-...27#xtor=CS1-23
he was invited to the birthday at the Belle Equipe restaurant that was attacked but, after a friend asked him to watch the match on TV, he decided to go along at half time.*
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The friend who invited* him, along with his sister, were killed.