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Two Iraqi families open restaurants in Lowell

Babylon Restaurant and Abu Nawas are two of Lowell’s newest restaurants, and both of them were opened by Iraqi immigrants. ”We’ve never heard of people opening up a business so quickly. That is really fast and fascinating,” said Rebecca Feldman, director of the International Institute of Lowell, a resettlement agency that assists refugees.

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