Man gives out free meals on the streets of Amman

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This man serves free hot meals three times a week

outside Al-Husseini Mosque in Amman

Majid al Bishawi and his friends launched the initiative in 2014

by first distributing free cups of water during summer

He then expanded it to serving hot soup

and Jordan's traditional meal, Mansaf

(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) JORDANIAN WHO SERVES FREE HOT SOUP, MAJID AL BISHAWI, SAYING:"I am happy, I cannot describe it, because I see happy people approaching me with a smile on their faces. There are people who are in real need. I hope that God will accept my deed. I only seek God's mercy."