Last Jew in Afghanistan faces ruin as his kebabs fail to sell.
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[quote]Zabulon Simintov always removes his kippah, the skullcap worn by Jewish men, before entering his cafe in a dilapidated building that also houses Afghanistan's last synagogue.
"Let me take off my cap, otherwise people will think something bad about me," Simintov said cheerfully as he descended grime-caked stairs to the ground-floor cafe.
In his 50s, Simintov is the last known Afghan Jew to remain in the country. He has become something of a celebrity over the years and his rivalry with the next-to-last Jew, who died in 2005, inspired a play.
Mindful of Afghanistan's extremely conservative Muslim culture, Simintov tries not to advertise his identity to protect the Balkh Bastan or Ancient Balkh kebab cafe he opened four years ago, naming it after a northern Afghan province.
"All food here is prepared by Muslims," he said.
Now the cafe, neat and shiny, faces closure because kebabs are not selling well - largely because of deteriorating security in Kabul that has made people frightened to eat out or visit the city.[/quote]
[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/12/us-afghanistan-jews-idUSBRE9AB0A120131112[/url]
poor kebab man :(
remove jew from premises.
He should come to the land of dreams in the west, where the demand for his food is always high and Jew hating is minimal.
[QUOTE=dwt110;42845838]All he can really do now is remove kebab[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocW3fBqPQkU[/media]
Remove Kebab.
This thread smells suspiciously serbian.
Are you sure he is jewish or just a bosnian in disguise.
[quote] He has become something of a celebrity over the years and his rivalry with the next-to-last Jew, who died in 2005, inspired a play.[/quote]
I must see this play.
[QUOTE=Lurklet;42845864][img]http://www.global-rs.com/img/alklharid9.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Ali the Kebab maker was better.
goddamnit I knew when I saw that title you guys would make remove kebab jokes fuck I wish I was clever
Begin the mass migration of Jews to Afgahnistan , Its the only solution to save this guys kebab stand
remove kebab
serbia strong
I love kebabs, I'd sure as shit eat at this guy's place.
I gotta say, though, Zabulon is a pretty badass sounding name.
introduce kebab
[QUOTE=The Maestro;42846386]I love kebabs, I'd sure as shit eat at this guy's place.[/QUOTE]
Eat him out too while your at it
[QUOTE=TronCat;42846559]Eat him out too while your at it[/QUOTE]
What?
[QUOTE=Flicky;42846420]I gotta say, though, Zabulon is a pretty badass sounding name.[/QUOTE]
Zabulon, from the land of Zion, on the Planet Eorthe which orbits the star named Sol.
[QUOTE=TronCat;42846559]Eat him out too while your at it[/QUOTE]
Hey now! That typo's sure got a lot of unsavory connotations!
It was a typo, right?
[quote]Now the cafe, neat and shiny, faces closure because kebabs are not selling well - largely because of deteriorating security in Kabul that has made people frightened to eat out or visit the city.[/quote]
At least it's because of business is failing, not necessarily because he's Jewish people are refusing to buy.
[QUOTE=The Maestro;42846386]I love kebabs, I'd sure as shit eat at this guy's place.[/QUOTE]
They'd be authentic as all hell too
[QUOTE=Lurklet;42845864][img]http://www.global-rs.com/img/alklharid9.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Get the super kebab.
[IMG]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111001180503/runescape/images/thumb/7/77/Super_kebab_detail.png/100px-Super_kebab_detail.png[/IMG]
Wow, that looks tasty.
Given the nature of the thread, I really shouldn't have been surprised that Remove Kebab jokes would come calling.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42846686]At least it's because of business is failing, not necessarily because he's Jewish people are refusing to buy.[/QUOTE]
I too was rather surprised to see that antisemitism was not the cause for failing business. I'm also inclined to wonder why he bothers to remove his kippah, when later in the article it states that he had a famous rivalry with another man in town on the grounds that they were the only two Jews in the city?
I find this extremely distressing
[QUOTE=Flicky;42846420]I gotta say, though, Zabulon is a pretty badass sounding name.[/QUOTE]
It's positively zabulous.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;42845820]He should come to the land of dreams in the west, where the demand for his food is always high and Jew hating is minimal.[/QUOTE]
b-b-but muh jerbs
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;42845970]Ali the Kebab maker was better.[/QUOTE]
That Kebab that always fucking poisoned you that the fat bastard drunken Dwarf used to constantly give you at the least convenient times
10/10
[QUOTE=Kebab;42852646]I find this extremely distressing[/QUOTE]
YOU NEED TO STEP UP YOUR SELLING. You are ruining this man! Learn some new selling techniques damn you.
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