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The reason for opening the business was when I experienced a homestay in Palestine when I was a student.
From the first day of my stay, my host family treated me as a matter of course, and they worried and protected me like a toddler because I couldn't speak Arabic (in fact, I got lost and broke my stomach, just like a child...).
They were ordinary people, not very rich or in trouble with food for the day, but went to school, gathered with relatives, and went on picnics.
However, as "Palestinians", they are not guaranteed the right to live their lives freely under occupation. As an outsider, I can go anywhere and there is no danger, but they have to get permission to do anything, and they are watched by soldiers with guns. Even though he has done nothing wrong, he looks like a criminal. Being under occupation is special and difficult to understand correctly from the outside, but I thought it was strange. "Is it really the 21st century that treatment changes based on race?"
Until about 100 years ago, Palestine was a region where pagans coexisted.
Although they had different religions, Jews, Christians, and Muslims all spoke Arabic, and food culture and music were mixed.
In 1948, when Israel, a country of Jewish immigrants, was established in Palestine,
People who were originally there fled to the surrounding area and became refugees, or remained in their hometowns and were placed under occupation.
It does not have a country at present.
Palestinians still have a bitter history, but they are kind to others and live strongly.
In order to convey what I saw and heard, I started a store for "sheken chopsticks".