Thread by @lindork

Today I had the absolute honour of meeting Abdulfatah Sabouni, a fourth generation Syrian soap maker who has a successful soap business @alepposavon—in Calgary! 💚 #ExploreAlberta #yyc

Abdulfatah came to Alberta in 2016. He immediately went to school to learn English. Then opened his soap business shortly after in 2018! His family has been making soaps for over 125 years, and the soap itself is one of the oldest styles in the world (thousands of years old!) 🤯

There’s actually only a few Aleppo soap makers in the WORLD, and @alepposavon is the only Aleppo soap maker in North America. Really, really cool right? 🎉 Abdfulfatah's last name even means soap maker!! 🧼

I’m profiling Abdulfatah & @alepposavon in an upcoming video with @chadkproductions for @TravelAlberta. 🎥 Stay tuned! 🥰 And browse: alepposavon.ca to learn more + buy! I feel very lucky to have gotten a chance to meet him and learn / share his story. #ExploreAlberta

ALSO, meeting a refugee who recently fled a war-torn country and is just SO genuinely grateful to be in Canada absolutely reinforces how ridiculous the “freedom” convoy is. Protestors and their supporters have NO CLUE or appreciation for their actual rights and freedoms.

The PRIVILEGE convoy protesters and supporters have—to be able to protest unimpeded despite doing it in such a hateful, disruptive, and absolutely NOT peaceful way—is asinine.