Zakaria Mokdad's desire began as soon as he set foot in Canada with his family in August 2016 when they left Jordan, where they had originally fled to escape Syria's civil war.
"My dream was to open a restaurant to relive my experience here because I had my own restaurant back home," said Mokdad, a Syrian refugee who opened Aleppo Kebab in Scarborough a month ago.
Although he acknowledges that the food here will never taste like back home, Mokdad is now settled in Canada and on the path to completing his dream.
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