Jawdat Ibrahim
Jawdat Ibrahim is an Israeli-Arab millionaire who has established a fund that gives scholarships to both Arab and Jewish university students, and has hosted informal peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian Authority leaders at his popular Abu Ghosh restaurant.[1][2] Ibrahim lived in Chicago for six years, but returned to Israel after winning $17.5 million in the Illinois State Lottery.[2]
In 2010 Ibrahim funded a project to reclaim the world record for the world's largest hummus from Lebanon in the Israeli arab town of Abu Ghosh. The wordl record breaking hummus weighed 4,090kg..[3]. The new record was described by Israel's Army radio as the Third Lebaonon War
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References
- ^ Joseph Flesh, "Israeli Arab restaurateur is a true optimist", 19 April 2006
- ^ a b Deborah Sontag, "Abu Ghosh Journal; His Pot of Gold Gives a Sparkle to the Whole Town", New York Times, 16 Jun 1999
- ^ "record breaking hummus independent". Haaretz. 2010-01-08.
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