A Syrian family that moved to Merseyside in 2017 now has a successful business with two shops in the city centre.
Tahsen Abbar fled his native Syria in 2014 with his family and went to Lebanon after war broke out in the country in 2011. Tahsen, 38, has lived in Bootle for five years and owns two tech shops in Liverpool City Centre.
The dad-of-three told the ECHO that he first built a computer almost 20 years ago and has since expanded his knowledge of technology to the point where he now deals with computer, tablet and phone repairs along with his brother Mohammad Abbar. The two stores, one on London Road and one that has recently opened on the corner of Dale Street and Moorfields, are thriving as Tahsen steadily saved up and started the business after arriving on Merseyside without being able to speak English.
