Refugee no more
Abdul Halim al-Attar, a refugee from Syria who was photographed selling pens in the streets of Beirut, is now running three businesses in the city after an online crowd-funding campaign in his name collected $191,000. This spliced photo shows (on the left) Abdul Halim al-Attar and his daughter Reem selling pens on the streets. Photo on the right shows the pair at their new home in Beirut.Photo courtesy of MashableAsia The 33-year-old father of two opened a bakery two months ago and has since added a kebab shop and a small restaurant to his business venture. He now employs 16 Syrian refugees. The photograph of al-Attar carrying his sleeping daughter on his shoulder while trying to sell pens to passing motorists in the scorching heat went viral this past summer and touched people across the world. One of those moved by his plight was an online journalist and web developer [...]