A Day Without an Arab

[Patrick]

It takes me back to this Time article from 2010:


When they arrive, many quickly set up businesses requiring little capital — gas stations, liquor stores and convenience shops. Ahmad Chebbani, chairman of the American Arab Chamber of Commerce, says more than 15,000 businesses in the metro area are owned by Middle Easterners. Surely part of the attraction is that to people from countries ravaged by war and poverty, Detroit can seem like a haven.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...#ixzz2SKzg5ZKA

Ironically, being from a war-torn country can be a blessing in disguise because it helps prepare a potential business owner for the realities faced in Detroit. That is not an inaccurate statement.