Refugees who live and own businesses in area affected by violence fear it has exposed underbelly of hostility
Omar al-Garady stood on the pavement gazing at the ruins of the supermarket where his family used to buy halal chicken and rice. The windows were smashed and the walls were charred, casting an acrid aroma over Donegall Road in south Belfast.
“It had everything,” he said, looking at an interior jumbled with debris and mounds of blackened packets. “The owner was from Syria.”
Continue reading…Refugees who live and own businesses in area affected by violence fear it has exposed underbelly of hostilityOmar al-Garady stood on the pavement gazing at the ruins of the supermarket where his family used to buy halal chicken and rice. The windows were smashed and the walls were charred, casting an acrid aroma over Donegall Road in south Belfast.“It had everything,” he said, looking at an interior jumbled with debris and mounds of blackened packets. “The owner was from Syria.” Continue reading…