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    Co Founder

    Hazem Malhas

    Co-Founder, Shams El Balad

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    Shams El Balad. No portrait has been provided.

    Shams El Balad. No portrait has been provided.

    i. Biography

    Hazem Malhas is the co-founder of Shams El Balad in Amman, Jordan, which was first born as a small cafe in 2015 after he renovated the Malhas family homes with his wife, Maha Dahmash. The venue later expanded from a breakfast cafe into a full-service restaurant, design shop, and events space, and its current family leadership is including their children Qais and Karma, with Hazem and Maha identified as founders.

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