The Aleppo Sandwich Updated (Pt 3)

The Sporkful

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4.6 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Today, we have an update on one of our most popular Sporkful episodes ever, about a beloved sandwich shop in Aleppo, Syria, and an exiled aid worker named Shadi Martini. When the brutal regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad fell last December, we got back in touch with Shadi. Earlier this year, after 12 years in exile, he returned to Aleppo, and visited his favorite sandwich shop. He tells us about the whole experience in this week’s update.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to The Sporkful.
0:04.3	Be sure to tune in each week for new episodes on Amazon Music.
0:07.4	Or just ask, Alexa, play the podcast, The Sporkful on Amazon Music.
0:14.2	Previously on The Sporkful.
0:17.8	People are walking in and they see us and they're like,
0:20.4	Ah, you're here for the sandwich.
0:22.6	Do you remember that sandwich?
0:25.2	Oh, yeah, yeah.
0:26.0	I remember every sandwich.
0:28.9	This was a pilgrimage spot.
0:31.5	Clearly that place is long gone.
0:33.3	Who knows whether the owners are alive or dead?
0:37.3	People started avoiding coming into hospitals,
0:40.5	and that was when we started trying to help them.
0:44.7	We had one doctor that was kidnapped and tortured.
0:49.2	I interpreted as a warning.
0:51.6	I was informed by a colleague of mine who worked with me,
0:54.9	don't come back.
0:55.9	We are discovered.
0:57.0	Our names are on each and every roadblock, so stay out.
1:01.6	They said we're coming back to rebuild this place.
1:04.6	We will never leave Aleppo.
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