The war in Gaza is thousands of miles away, but the pain from that conflict is felt deep inside the hearts of people who live in San Diego.

“As people who come from that culture who are trying to represent that culture, we stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza,” explained Osama Shabaik.

Shabaik and his business partner, Mahmoud Barkawi, are the cofounders of Tahini Authentic Middle Eastern Street Food . The war in Gaza weighs heavily on them both. In a gesture to show their solidarity with Gaza, t he businessman decided to stop posting pictures of their food on their Instagram because it felt wrong to have the images in feeds that also show people starving because of the war.

“We are hurting just from seeing everything that's happening,” Shabaik said.

Oddly enough, the duo re

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