Melissa Grelo

Soufi’s Restaurant, Toronto Just a few days after Husam Al-Soufi announced that death threats and hate mail were forcing him to close down his family’s Syrian restaurant, Soufi’s, a prominent philanthropist and immigrant has stepped in to help. Husam Al-Soufi, owner Sofi’s Restaurant Mohamad Fakih, the Toronto businessman and founder of Paramount Fine Foods, announced he would use his resources to manage the restaurant and help the Al-Soufi family to open the business once again.

So, it’s January. How’s that New Year’s resolution going? If you’re like me, many of those good intentions to eat better and exercise more may be getting tested and even at risk of being lost altogether. Truth be told, most experts say that resolutions are meant to be broken. Forty per cent of us make them, but only 8 per cent of us actually achieve them. Trying to make small changes always seems to be less daunting than trying to change the world.