Flash forward two years and Jazmati has become a dynamo in the kitchen in her adopted hometown of Berlin, with Chancellor Angela Merkel among those dazzled by her Middle Eastern delights. "In Syria, we spend a lot of time for the tables to be beautiful and attract people with good food," she told AFP. "I have a good life in Germany," smiles Jazmati, who has also penned a glossy German-language cookbook. Jazmati perfected her skills in the shared kitchen of a refugee shelter in the German capital. "You will never test anything like shawarma from our kitchen," she boasts with a smile.

Source: The Local September 22, 2017 09:33 UTC