The late Lebanese Honorary Consul in the American state of Boston, Ibrahim Hanna, from Southern Karkha in Jezzine, was a live example of the Lebanese expatriate. Loyal to his memories, roots and Lebanese identity, he never failed to serve the Lebanese people and to raise the name and flag of Lebanon.
Late Ibrahim Hanna made history in two ways. The first was through the delicious Lebanese cuisine, and the second was through the registration of the Lebanese people in the department of civil status in spite of being expatriates, in order to strengthen the relations between the expatriates and their motherland.
The project of late Ibrahim Hanna in America hides a funny story not known to a lot of people. This story shows his huge perseverance to succeed whatever it takes. In fact, when Hanna started to deal with grocery stores in America to sell canned Humus, he used to send his friends and the people he knew to buy them so that the stores get encouraged to conclude a contract with him again.
The key to success…Canned Humus!
Late Ibrahim Hanna headed to the United States, specifically to the city of Salem, when the security situation worsened in Lebanon. He decided to invest in the culinary field, therefore, he launched with his wife the “Cedars Food” trademark to introduce the middle-eastern dishes to the United States of America, namely the Humus dish. They both used to prepare the Humus dish by themselves in their house’s kitchen, and used to send it to nearby grocery stores.
The “Humus can” became widely popular, and the production processes became quickly larger and included the Taboule dish. With time, the trademark owned a big factory that provided merchandise for a chain of various shops in many American states. During the beginning of the nineties, “Cedars Food” became the first trademark in the production of Humus in New England, and its milestone was that it was preservative free.
The activity of the late expatriate man, Hanna Ibrahim, became popular in Lebanon, which led high level Lebanese officials to name him Honorary Consul in New England in the long-standing city of Boston, where he provided a large headquarter for the Honorary Consul in the heart of the city, and the Lebanese flag covered the floors of the building.
Continuing, even after Ibrahim Hanna is gone
Ibrahim Hanna, the father, handed on the torch of serving the Lebanese people and meeting their needs to his son who is found standing next to Lebanon and his people at every crossroad or decision that could determine their fate, just as he did on the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic when he donated fifty thousand coronavirus vaccines to the Lebanese Army.
It is very difficult to count the achievements and services completed by late Ibrahim Hanna, whether towards the Lebanese in Lebanon or in the countries of emigration. However, we can proudly say that we will never forget him because his name is one of the most prominent names in the Lebanese world of emigration, and that he aptly deserved to be the talk of the media. In fact, many programs have told his story, such as “Soufara el Arez” hosted by the journalist Haifa Charbel, who always believes in the power of the Lebanese diaspora in the countries of emigration, and “Saro Miye”, a program that aims at shedding the light on the golden age in Lebanon in all fields, both being broadcasted on MTV channel.
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