Fake News Alert: Syrian Shwarma Guy is Well Despite Accident

No one roughed him up, that’s the fake news

Recently we found out a Syrian refugee in Islamabad was winning hearts with his ‘Syrian Shwarma‘. Then news that the Syrian shwarma guy was badly injured in an accident was making rounds on the Internet. There were also rumors that someone roughed him up.

When two of his helpers were met with an accident. Immediately this news was painted in xenophobic colors. Turns out the man is perfectly fine and no one’s bothering him.

‪What happened is that our Syrian friend and two of his helpers were bringing in supplies from G-9 when they were meet with an accident. All three were mounted on a motorcycle. The traffic accident wasn’t major and luckily all three got away with minor scrapes.

 

Our Syrian shwarma chef was taken aback at the news that he had been roughed up. He said he doesn’t understand why people are pushing propaganda. Given that he looked in good spirits and didn’t even make a trip to the hospital proves he’s well, and everything is fine.

 

The Syrian Shwarma in Islamabad

A Syrian refugee has a one of a kind shwarma stand in F-10 Islamabad. The man became famous when a video about him made rounds on the Internet earlier this week.

Since then his already booming business further amped it up. The key probably lies with his unique Syrian shwarma.

His shawarma is unique and doesn’t exist anywhere in Pakistan. Rather than use a naan bread his shwarmas are wrapped in a soft tortilla and baked over coal, like barbeque after wrapping. He specially makes the tortilla bread at home.

Syrian Shwarma
People lined up for a taste of ‘Syrian Shwarma’

Everyone knows that he is Syrian and that he loves Pakistan. He said that his heart is at peace here and he can’t go home just yet.

Syrian Shwarma
Business is booming for ‘Syrian Shwarma’

Following the foreign military intervention in Syria amid civil unrest, millions of Syrians were displaced. While Turkey houses the bulk of them some four million, we got the best one.