Giving Bear: Syrians in Ethiopia Traditionally protect Ramadan | Religion

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Pictures of the old Damascus and Aleppo, adults the walls of a restaurant decorating the walls of a functional restaurant near the ADDIS Ababa International Airport.

A grill, a grill, a giant Shawarma skewer and dwarf kebeiba (bulgur and soil balls), filling in Arabic and Amhar, fills the air by the pain of a grill.

Syrian cook Ahmet Ibrahim and his two assists in the kitchen are preparing for the evening in the evening. As soon as the solar origin begins, Hummus and history fills the Hummus and history for guests in the restaurant and take a free meal for taineations for takeaway dishes.

In the spirit of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Abraham says he is pleased to give back.

“When I first came to Ethiopia in 2020, I did not have a penny for my name. I worked in restaurants until I opened myself.” This country has become a house for me. “

After the government has reached a public population, 5.5 million Syrians have been fled to their homeland since 2011, since 2011. Most Syrians who take refuge in neighboring countries such as Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt.

However, some people live in fewer than 1,500 Syrians to countries like Ethiopia.

Al Cazeera approached the immigration of Ethiopia and citizenship for an official assessment, but the agency refused to respond. According to local media, many Syrians remain unregistered and live in Limbo.

Despite these difficulties, Bole Michael was recognized as Syrian Quarter. More Syrian refugees found their way there and woke the familiar rhythm.

The streets were mainly covered with unchanged and gravel and dust, was home for Somalia, Sudan and Yemenli refugees – more than several million refugees in Ethiopia.

In recent years, Syrian enterprises began to add emphasis and flavors to the noisy area.

Abraham’s restaurant named Syria is such a business. 34 years ago three years ago there was a short time before as a result of political disorders there five years ago. Opening the restaurant, says a slice of home in exile was a way to create a place to serve to evaluate them to their homeland.

In Ramadan, this mission is becoming a bigger meaning: to give.

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“But here it will be difficult, the poverty is widespread, and we are just a small business,” he said.

“Instead, we are trying not to turn to anyone in the month of Ramadan,” he says the restaurant serves free food for those in need during the holy month. “It belongs to society and can help it,” he says.

About a quarter, 124 million people of Ethiopia live below the poverty line.

A generous taste from home

Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham began to cant shops.

Among them, a Syrian mother Zeynab Muhammad, a Syrian mother who came to Ethiopia last year after the continuing civil war. From the day inhabited by Addis Ababa, he tried to take a house-made perfume on the streets.

A chicken blonde flavored with frying, closing his eyes in a short prayer.

“Life here is not easy,” Zeynab says gently. “But these moments like this are reminiscent of the house. Generosity, shared food – Syria is something we walked with us and still alive.”

Salem Berhanu, sitting next to him, is a familiar face in an Ethiopian friend and a neighborhood. Berhanu often joins newcomers in local canteets, sometimes able to eat. It is popular among local children who are talking around, amhar.

Berhanu says he enjoys seeing the Syrians in Ethiopia. “It is especially beautiful in Ramadan because he gives you a chance to meet new people and make meaningful conversations,” he says.

Many Syrians say that they are accepted in Ethiopia, the difficulties remain large.

A nearby table reminds me of another Syrian refugee, Aisha Abdul and the first years in the country. After a dangerous bus trip from Sudan, ADDIS came to Ababa, sometimes hidden from the warriors who attacked caravans.

Three years ago, he was invited to an iftar hosted by the local mosque and other worshipers in Bole Michael, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia – for a lifetime for a long time for years.

Now he sells fragrant coal along with other Syrian refugees, often in traffic stops and crowded collection.

On average, he is about $ 5, although it is about $ 5, even in good days with the help of their children.

“Ethiopia is a very pleasing country and the people are beautiful. But it can also feel like a dead end,” he says. “There is no aid and it’s hard to find a job, so many of us try to do humiliating work to live.”

Gratitude in a new country

In Betel, the more calm, more comfortable neighborhood, ADDISS Ababa’s western people, a trademark, a trademark thick and red fez signals, another popular Syrian restaurant is open.

In the inside, the crime, cream-filled bustle and syrupy Baklava, Ramadan and Fitr Fitr approached the end of Ramadan to celebrate the end of Ramadan, as soon as the Fitr approached the Syrian customs.

Ethiopian patrons, mostly young people, gather in round tables. Many 21-year-old owner Ahmet Abdulkader, who turned into a place sought in the work of many families, was taken by Tiktok channel.

In Ramadan, Syria also welcomes less fortunate guests.

“Including dishes for anyone in need, including food, including food,” Abdulkader said he trusts in the mouth to determine the needed ones. “We are trying to be a good citizen and help us can be able to do.”

On December 8, when the former President’s Former Syrian refugee returns home, thousands of Syrian refugees return home, like Abdulkader – Ibrahim, came to think of Ethiopia as a house.

Amhar, Abdulkader came to Ethiopia, Ethiopia began in Ethiopia, after a while in Syria. He studied at school in Ethiopia, learned language and adapted to the adopted country. According to social media, he became something in the name of the house, and his family also considered the family to expand the other parts of Ababa.

The Syrians contributed to the culinary scenes in Egypt, Libya, Jordan and elsewhere, the settlers in Ethiopia should have eliminated language barriers or unfamiliar local pleasures.

Abdulkader thanked for the success of his family offers a chance to reflect and give it back this month.

“Ramadan allows me to communicate with my customers at a personal level, regardless of their ability to pay,” he says.

This piece has been published in cooperation Egab.