Among the most identifiable products in the fresh produce section of an Australian supermarket is the Lebanese cucumber.
He recalls that Lebanese cucumbers were not known to other farmers when he arrived, and the only option in the market at that time was known as a slicing cucumber. But while living in Lebanon, he never intended to work in that sector and opted instead to teach French. “I worked in fabrics, and then tried to establish a small restaurant and then worked as a taxi driver until the agriculture wave reached the community." This man gave up a dentistry career to introduce Australia to authentic Palestinian knafeh
But he recalls that the flavour of Lebanese cucumbers and the way that Arabs would eat them as a snack surprised Australian back then. For Arab migrants, there was a paradigm shift in the form and shape of the slim cucumbers that they were used to eating in Arab countries.