Syrian refugee offers food to German homeless as Thank You

Every Saturday, Alex Assali, a Syrian refugee hands out food to the homeless in Berlin as a way of saying thanks to the people who took him in.
A picture of Alex hard at work was posted by Berliner Tabea Bü on Facebook on Sunday morning.
Tabea wrote: ‘That’s Alex! A big shout out to him this morning. This man impresses me deeply.’
She goes on to describe how Alex had to leave family behind in Damascus, Syria, because of threats from ISIS. He left with nothing and travelled to Europe, via Lebanon, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan and Libya, eventually setting up a new life in Germany.
Even though he has very little, she says, he gives away food to the homeless and those in need every Saturday in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz. As his sign says, to ‘give something back to the German people’.

Alex and Tabea met through the Berlin Refugio, a charity which provides shelter and community to those forced to leave their homes and set up a new life.
He cooks Syrian food and often has help from others. But, even when there’s no one to help, he goes shopping, cooks the fooEvery Saturday, Alex Assali, a Syrian refugee hands out food to the homeless in Berlin as a way of saying thanks to the people who took him in.
A picture of Alex hard at work was posted by Berliner Tabea Bü on Facebook on Sunday morning.
Tabea wrote: ‘That’s Alex! A big shout out to him this morning. This man impresses me deeply.’
She goes on to describe how Alex had to leave family behind in Damascus, Syria, because of threats from ISIS. He left with nothing and travelled to Europe, via Lebanon, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan and Libya, eventually setting up a new life in Germany.
Even though he has very little, she says, he gives away food to the homeless and those in need every Saturday in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz. As his sign says, to ‘give something back to the German people’.

Source: http://metro.co.uk