Selling Shawarma Helps This Syrian Refugee Adapt to Life in America | Eater DC

"At the Whole Foods in Foggy Bottom I watched a line form around chef Majed Abdulraheem’s Syrian shawarma cart as he worked an assembly line of flatbread sandwiches—keeping chicken sizzling on a flat top grill, ladling vats of hummus, tossing bags of arugula and jars of pickles into orders, and finishing each sandwich with a drizzle of pomegranate molasses before boxing it up. His approachable menu of chicken shawarma, hummus, and salad, plus his willingness to talk about his story as a refugee from Daraa, Syria, draw crowds; Store Leader Andrew Coon said customers are “obsessed” and many buy the shawarma twice a week. The cart is part of a Foodhini pop-up in the store that features rotating chefs, and Abdulraheem has about a month or two left on his turn." - Dayana Sarkisova