Every Friday evening, the Jellinek family gathers for Shabbat dinner in their Berlin home. This year, their weekly tradition includes 28 year old Kinan, a Syrian Muslim refugee from Damascus, who s been living with the Jellineks since November 2015. He joins them most Fridays and often cooks Syrian meals that he has learned on YouTube. Photo by Aubrey Wade/UNHCR/Panos Global Citizen LifeDemand Equity
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