Yassin's Falafel House in Knxoville, Tennessee has been named "nicest place in America" by readers of Readers Digest magazine.
The owner, Yassin Terou is a Muslim refugee from Syria.
Readers were asked to nominate 'the nicest place in America' and 450 places were then voted for by a panel and finally the public. Yassin's restaurant is famous for the sign in the photo which ends with "All people safe here at Yassin's Falafel's House,"
Yassin says, "I sat in the corner of my restaurant one day and watched the people. There was a lady from the African-American community at one table, a pastor of a church at another, there was a table of young guys, a super conservative guy having lunch, and a group of Indian ladies that come often. They all were there at the same time and I think, 'this is what makes Yassin's different. We welcome all of them.They are all sitting and eating and laughing. This is what America is.'"
What do you see in the picture?
Where do you think it is?
Why do you think the sign was made?
explain the story
- why do you think Yassin's Falafel House has won "nicest place in America"?
- Why do different people feel safe at Yassin's Falafel House?
- Why does Yassin say, "We welcome all people"?
- Yassin is Muslim, do you think people who follow different faiths feel welcome at his restaurant? Why?
- People of America have voted for a Muslim refugee to win. What does this show about how many people in the country feel about difference?
- What can we learn from Yassin?
- What can we learn from America?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?
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