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Laura Clements

The Syrian chef who fled to Wales and tried to open a restaurant at the start of a global pandemic - when she did there were 200 people queuing to get in

When Ghofran Hamza, a Syrian war refugee, arrived in Wales three years ago she was used to going without food and relying on UN food parcels.

By March 2020 she planned to open Aberystwyth's first Arabic restaurant, but she'd barely had time to switch on the oven before the pandemic hit.

When she did eventually open Arabic Flavour, a year later, there were queues down the street to get through the doors - it's a day she'll "never forget", she said softly.

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