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Syrian Sweet Refuge: establishing a baklava business

In 2017, I read a New York Times article about a Syrian couple who had recently moved to Brooklyn from Hama and were looking to restart their baking business in Bay Ridge.

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I reached out to them and over the course of several months, gathered a small team to reimagine their website and tell their story. The outcome was a revamped website and a bitesize video that explained their journey. 

Their hospitality was unmatched—our visits accompanied by steaming tea and fresh kunafa, ma’amoul and of course, baklava.

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Shoutout to my amazing, talented, brilliant partners on this project—without them, this wouldn’t have been possible: David Dini, Charlotte Gauthier, Adam Lucas