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Syrian refugee who sold pens in the street now owns three businesses after online campaign

Syrian refugee who sold pens in the street now owns three businesses after online campaign

A photograph of Abdul Halim al-Attar seliing pens while holding his sleeping daughter went viral last summer.

Fri, 04 Dec, 2015

Syrian refugee who sold pens in the street now owns three businesses after online campaign

Syrian refugee who sold pens in the street now owns three businesses after online campaign

Abdul Halim al-Attar, a refugee from Syria who was photographed selling pens in the streets of Beirut, is now running three businesses in the city after Read More: an online crowdfunding campaign in his name collected $191,000.

Fri, 04 Dec, 2015