By Jody O’Callaghan for STUFF…

Two men from a country under conflict, one Jewish, one Muslim, both with siblings killed by terrorists – have found a new peace and friendship in a small Christchurch supermarket…

“It’s like a dreamland.”

Ayman Hamid’s wife Mona said what they were both thinking as they flew into Auckland in 1994.

The city’s rolling hills bordered by ocean were a stark contrast to the desert around Qatar, their most recent home.

Read the full article here on Stuff.