Jinane Hayek was a bank manager. Because of the economic crisis, she was forced to leave her job and opened Neswen al-furn. (Credit: João Sousa/L'Orient Today)
The smell of manakish wafted through from the oven. Behind the counter, Jinane Hayek, 48, is the epitome of the “Lebanese auntie.”It is impossible to walk past her furn (bakery) without nibbling on the pastries.Wearing a hair net, Hayek kneaded the dough with a smile on her face. She is a former bank manager who had to leave her job because of the economic crisis. A year ago, she decided to open a bakery, Neswen el-furn (women of the bakery), in her hometown of Bikfaya, in the same building where she lives with her family.“Entrepreneurship runs in her blood. She has a vision, and she is full of hope. In one year, she managed to set up her own business,” said Rita, a long-time friend.On the terrace, families sit down to taste her fatayers, pizzas, manakish and crepes.“She used to work in a bank — is that so? Well, good for her now,” said...
The smell of manakish wafted through from the oven. Behind the counter, Jinane Hayek, 48, is the epitome of the “Lebanese auntie.”It is impossible to walk past her furn (bakery) without nibbling on the pastries.Wearing a hair net, Hayek kneaded the dough with a smile on her face. She is a former bank manager who had to leave her job because of the economic crisis. A year ago, she decided to open a bakery, Neswen el-furn (women of the bakery), in her hometown of Bikfaya, in the same building where she lives with her family.“Entrepreneurship runs in her blood. She has a vision, and she is full of hope. In one year, she managed to set up her own business,” said Rita, a long-time friend.On the terrace, families sit down to taste her fatayers, pizzas, manakish and crepes.“She used to work in a bank — is that so? Well, good for her...
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