Law of Attraction Magazine December, 2015 | Page 50

Syr i an Ref u gee 'Pays Back ' Ger m an Ki n dn ess W i t h Food f or t h e Hom el ess
By M ar k M ol l oy
A r ef u gee h as been ph ot ogr aph ed h an di n g
ou t h ot m eal s t o t h e h om el ess i n Ger m an y t o
" gi ve som et h i n g back t o t h e peopl e t h at
h el ped" h i m .
Al ex Assal i f l ed Dam ascu s i n 2007 t o st ar t a
n ew l i f e i n Ger m an y af t er post i n g cr i t i cal
m essages abou t Syr i an Pr esi den t Bash ar
al -Assad on l i n e.
A ph ot o of t h e M r Assal i , w h o ch an ged h i s
n am ed af t er ar r i v i n g i n Eu r ope, pr epar i n g
f r ee f ood f or h om el ess peopl e i n Ber l i n h as
been sh ar ed by t h ou san ds on l i n e.
Ever y Sat u r day h e set s u p ou t si de Ber l i n ?s
Al ex an der pl at z st at i on t o gi ve ou t h ot m eal s
t o ar ou n d 100 peopl e w h o ar e sl eepi n g
r ou gh .
Hi s f r i en d Tabea Bü , w h o post ed t h e i m age
on Facebook , sai d t h ey w er e " over w h el m ed"
by t h e r espon se t o t h e post .
" He r eal l y h as l ost ever yt h i n g; h e h ad t o
l eave h i s f am i l y back i n Syr i a becau se
peopl e w an t ed t o k i l l h i m ," sh e w r ot e i n t h e
post [ t r an sl at ed h i m , h e i s a bl essi n g f or so
m an y m or e."

A poster attached to the table reads: "Our target is to
give something back to the people who helped us ?
we want to be a positive part in the German
community.?

The image was also posted on Imgur and has been viewed over 2.7 million times.
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