farouk shami
Farouk Shami is a self-made businessman from Houston. He came to America 44 years ago with $71 in his pocket and achieved the American dream. He's built a company based in Houston that has created thousands of jobs in Texas, You've probably seen a few of Farouk Shami's ads for Governor by now, and you know the basic story: Came to America with only a few dollars in his pocket, started a successful business, and is now running to be the Democratic nominee Born a Palestinian near Jerusalem, hair product magnate Farouk Shami told a McAllen crowd this week, “I take that as a racist comment. … It doesn't matter where we're from. I'm a better Texan than he could ever be.”