Ala Al-Samawi, an owner and manager of a new restaurant in Brooklyn called Yemenat, was the creative director of his own design studio in Yemen's capital, Sana, when the Houthi rebels seized control in 2014.
In Brooklyn, Mr. Al-Samawi found two other Yemenis who had also been driven from the country by the Houthis. As exiles often do, they cooked for one another and talked about how much they missed the flavors of home.
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