Al Zhouris: Upholstery Business

al zhouris: The five-member clan had lost a home and the family construction business due to fighting in the city of Homs, according to Toronto Star. They were clinging to hope after three years spent struggling to survive in Lebanon. By Allan Woods Quebec Bureau Mon., Nov. 7, 2016 The Al Zhouri family arrived in the Nova Scotia town of Antigonish last January as part of the first wave of Syrian refugees to Canada. But nearly 10 months after arriving in Canada as privately sponsored refugees, the Al Zhouris are thriving. Mother Rabiaa, a teacher who launched an alterations and upholstery business, recently completed a rush job sewing names and numbers onto the jerseys of the St. Father Toufic, a carpenter by trade, is making plans to rebuild the family business. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.