‘I Felt Like I Lost My City’
Famous Syrian restaurateur who fled Damascus four years ago is about to open up his first London location
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6 min readJun 18, 2019
Imad Alarnab holds his hands to his chest, crossed at his heart, when he recalls his life in Damascus. “I felt like I lost my city,” he says as we sit on a bench outside a posh coffee shop off Carnaby Street in central London. Across the…