ZOO.
>>> OUR SERIES ARAB AMERICAN
CONTINUES TONIGHT WITH TRIP TO
EASTERN MARKET IN DETROIT WHERE
LOCAL FAMILY SET UP SHOP AND
ESTABLISHED A TRADITION THAT IS
STILL GOING STRONG AFTER MORE
THAN 4 DECADES
>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE.
>> 40 YEARS.
BUSINESS HERE.
IN THE SAME PLACE.
>>Reporter: WHERE DID YOU COME
FROM.
>> LEBANON 40. >> LEBANON.
WHY DID YOU COME TO MICHIGAN.
>> IT'S ABOUT OPPORTUNITY.
EVERYBODY DREAM TO COME TO
UNITED STATES.
>>Reporter: YOU USE IT TO MAKE
ANYTHING.
>
WHAT'S IT LIKE BEING PART OF
THE FAMILY BUSINESS. YOUR
JEFF.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SO LONG.
>> YES.
40 YEARS.
CAME HERE IN THE EASTERN MARKET
CHANCE.
>>Reporter: DID YOU HAVE
DREAMS WHEN WERE YOU IN LEBANON
OF OPENING UP A BUSINESS.
>> THAT'S WHAT I CAME FOR.
THAT'S MY DREAM.
>> DON'T DO MUCH TITIONMENT ONE
COMMERCIAL IN THE 80'S.
AND THAT'S IT.
OTHER THAN THAT.
>>Reporter: PRETTY MUCH ALL
WORD OF MOUTH.
ONE PERSON TELLS ONE PERSON
TELLS THAT PERSON.
>>Reporter: HE DOESN'T SEE ANY
CHALLENGES BEING ARAB AND BEING
IN THIS AREA AND BEING
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OWNER.
DO YOU SEE IT DIFFERENTLY.
>> IN THIS AREA HIGHLY
CONCENTRATED ARABIC AND MUSLIM.
AS COMMUNITY WE JUST STICK
TOGETHER.
FOR THE MOST PART.
IT HELPS.
IT DOES HELP.
>>Reporter: WHY DID YOU THINK
EASTERN MARKET.
MICHIGAN.
EASTERN MARKET IS BIG PLACE.
>> I HAVE THE CHICKEN PART WITH
BONE.
THEN CHICKEN BONELESS.
NOT THE BEST IDEA OR THE BEST
IMAGE OF THE VERSION.
>>Reporter: ARE MOST OF YOUR
CUSTOMERS WOULD YOU SAY MUSLIM?
>> NOT REALLY.
IT'S FROM ALL OVER.
>>Reporter: DOES THIS TASTE
DIFFERENT THAN.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT TASTE
DIFFERENT BUT I CAN SAY IT'S
MORE HEALTHY.
>>Reporter: WHAT YEAR WAS IT
YOU CAME OVER?
>> WHAT YEAR.
>>Reporter: WHAT YEAR DID YOU
>> 73.
>>Reporter: SFAECHLT HERE WE
ARE 2016.
DID YOU EVER IMAGINE.
>>Reporter: YOU CAME IN 1973.
RIGHT SO DID YOU EVER IMAGINE
AS YOU LOOK AROUND YOU HAVE ALL
THESE EMPLOYEES.
YOU HAVE FAMILY.
WORKING FOR YOU. WORKING WITH
YOU.
DID YOU EVER IMAGINE YOU WOULD
HAVE THIS SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
>> I SEE MYSELF I'M BEHIND.
I SHOULD BE MORE ESSENTIAL.
>>Reporter: WHAT DO YOU THINK
WHEN YOU SEE YOUNG ARAB PEOPLE
TODAY WHO SAY IT'S HARD TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
I HAVE SO MUCH AGAINST ME.
I CAN'T DO THIS OR CAN'T DO
THAT.
>> ANYTHING IS HARD TO BE
SUCCESS.
>> SOMETIMES YOU LOSE SOMETIMES
YOU WIN.
>>Reporter: SOUNDS LIKE I MEAN,
MEAN, IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM
AND YOU MADE IT HAPPEN.
, RIGHT?
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT'S LIKE
IN LEBANON.
UNOCCUPATION AND GO THROUGH
CHECKPOINT AND EVERYTHING AND
HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS BACK THEN
JUST TO GET REGULAR FOOD.
AND IF IT WASN'T LIKE FOR LIKE
FOR HIM COMING HERE AND
STARTING ALL OF THIS.
HAPPENED.
>> OH, YES.
YOU KNOW HE ACTUALLY LEFT A
LONG LINE OF PWIVRPS AS WELL
BACK HOME AND CAME HERE AND
SAID DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'LL GO
HERE WITH NEXT TO NOTHING.