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Montreal restaurant Marche Ferdous warms hearts with free meals policy
4 hours ago
A Middle Eastern restaurant in Montreal, Canada, has warmed hearts and stomachs by quietly giving away free meals to the hungry.
Marche Ferdous started handing out food about four months ago in a bid to help homeless people.
"We do not ask any questions, we do not judge people," Canadian media quoted the restaurant's co-owner, Yahya Hashemi, as saying.
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"It doesn't matter, because at night if you still have leftover food you end up throwing it out, so why not give to those in need?" he said.
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Marche Ferdous started handing out food about four months ago in a bid to help homeless people.
"We do not ask any questions, we do not judge people," Canadian media quoted the restaurant's co-owner, Yahya Hashemi, as saying.
<snip>
"It doesn't matter, because at night if you still have leftover food you end up throwing it out, so why not give to those in need?" he said.
...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38505394
