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Syrian banker applied for 'over 2,000' jobs in Sweden before creating his own
Ibrahim Idrees had 17 years of experience in the finance industry when he moved to Sweden. After applying for over two thousand jobs without getting a single interview, he decided to create his own job, opening Malmö’s first hummus bar, Hummusson.