Dinner diplomacy

Mikhail Zuhir (centre), a Syrian refugee who came to Sweden 10 months ago, is having coffee and cake after a dinner at Jenny Sigurs and her husband Urban Soederman’s house at a suburb outside Stockholm. They came in contact through ‘The ministry of Invitations’, a project which brings Swedes and immigrants together for a meal. — AFP

Nothing breaks the ice better than sharing a meal.

IN war-torn Syria where Mikhail Zuhir comes from, a nighttime knock on the door can mean death, but when he rings the bell at a Swedish home on a dark night, he comes bearing flowers.