Les Filles Fattoush has been bringing the delights of home-style Syrian food to the tables of Montrealers for the past eight years, and it all began with one question in 2017: “Do you know ladies who would want to work?”
That was the start of this women-owned social enterprise that has since become a locally beloved part of the Montreal food landscape.
“When we talk about refugees, this means they had to leave. It’s not like the case of an immigrant who wants to change their country,” says Adelle Tarzibachi, one of the co-founders of Les Filles Fattoush.
amed after the tart, crunchy salad that’s one of the social enterprise’s most popular products, cooking wasn’t necessarily a dream job, but it was a job in a new country.
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