Protesters in Beirut forced a branch of coffee chain Starbucks to close today after anger directed towards the ongoing war in Gaza.
An immediate boycott of Israeli products has been urged across the Arab world after day 19 of the conflict has seen 1,010 people killed and over4,000 injured.
A young teenager walks into the room followed by her father. They both sit and talk politely. This is no ordinary family. This is the Hussein family who immigrated to Scotland from the Gaza Strip in Palestine back in 2000.
The father, Ghazi Hussein, decided to settle in Glasgow after a gruelling life in one of the most war ridden places in the world: Palestine.
He says: “When we arrived here I had a feeling things were going to get better. Everything in this country is so different to what I’m used to. My family and I were so overwhelmed. The culture and people of this country changed me as a person forever.”
Ghazi Hussein in Edinburgh
Al Jazeera