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Trump Restaurant for Falafel: a Syrian Kurd names restaurant in Kobane after US President-elect – Shekhi, a father of six, told ARA News that he named his restaurant after Tump for the US-led coalition’s key role in liberating his hometown from ISIS.

ARA News – 4 Jan 2017 – Kobane – A Syrian Kurd opened a falafel restaurant in the city of Kobane, and decided to name it after the US President-elect Donald Trump.

Walid Shekhi, 40, opened his “Trump Restaurant” last week in central Kobane, a city under reconstruction since the expulsion of ISIS militants nearly two years ago. Shekhi, a father of six, told ARA News that he named his restaurant after Tump for the US-led coalition’s key role in liberating his hometown from ISIS. “And I believe that the United States under Donald Trump will provide more support to the Kurds to fight and eventually eliminate Daesh terrorists,” he said, using another acronym for ISIS.

“He is the leader of the United States, the greatest country in the world, and we Kurds love the United States, so we love Donald Trump. That’s why I named my restaurant after him,” Shekhi told ARA News.Rula Hassan, a social scientist from Kobane, said: “It may seem ridiculous to associate Mr Trump with falafel and Kobane. But I believe Mr Shekhi is trying to show his support to President Trump with the hope of having him as a new ally to the Kurds.”

Reporting by: Enwer Omar | Source: ARA News