{"id":2121,"date":"2018-11-28T18:07:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T18:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/?p=2121"},"modified":"2019-03-22T18:12:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T18:12:50","slug":"yasmin-syrian-food-from-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/index.php\/2018\/11\/28\/yasmin-syrian-food-from-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Yasmin: Syrian Food from the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ayda Noofoori, a refugee herself, saw the gap in employment for Syrian women and decided to do something about it. Enter Yasmin: Syrian Food from the Heart, the only catering company in Ottawa by a Syrian woman for Syrian women.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yasmin: Syrian Food from the Heart\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tyC_JjgCSMY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Producer: Ash Abraham<\/p>\n<p>Camera: Stephen Cook<\/p>\n<p>Editor: Qais Azimy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to Ayda Noofoori.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2092\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2092\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2092\" src=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sumiya Taib Izadeen and her family of six came to Ottawa as refugees after war broke out in Syria.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2093\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2093\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2093\" src=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women from Yasmin and other volunteers serve function guests at the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2094\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2094\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2094\" src=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cameraman Stephen Cook hard at work capturing the magic of food preparation.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2095\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2095\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2095\" src=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-4.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/25hour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/YASMIN-F18-4A-GRP2-MD2-WEB-4-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ayda Noofoori, left, manages Yasmin. 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