Restaurant owners offer free meals in Montreal, no catch

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Source: CNN

By Samira Said, CNN

Montreal (CNN)A free meal and a friendly smile aren’t easy to come by.

 

But a pair of Muslim immigrants changed that for some in Montreal with a sign in their restaurant window.
Motivated by their own experiences with hunger in Iraq and Iran, they offer a free meal to anyone in their adopted community who needs it — no questions asked.
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“We went through this,” said Ali Amiry, 51, who left Iraq in 1992, fleeing the regime of Saddam Hussein and crippling sanctions. “We know what it means to be hungry.”

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