Facebook's Zuckerberg dines with Somali refugees in Minneapolis

Friday June 23, 2017

Flanked by Somali women in their hijabs in Minneapolis, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg marked the end of the holy month of Ramadan by eating his first Iftar dinner.

Zuckerberg posted a photo on his Facebook page of the Thursday night dinner with Somali refugees in Minneapolis. He thanked his hosts for their hospitality and for sharing their stories of triumph and struggles with relocating to their new land.

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Zuckerberg asked one man who spent years in a refugee camp told if America felt like home. The man responded simply and profoundly, saying “Home is where you are free to do what you want. Yes, this feels like home.”

The response touched Zuckerberg, who called the man’s answer a “beautiful tribute to America.”

“I left impressed by your strength and resilience to build a new life in an unfamiliar place,” he wrote. “You are a powerful reminder of why this country is so great.”

His message has garnered more than 190,000 reactions and been shared more than 13,000 times.

One commenter lauded Zuckerberg, saying that “if every one in the world had your [beliefs] the world would be a better place ... but in the mean time thank you for making us closer through Facebook.”

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