Following One of Our Most Beloved Stories from 2014 to 2020 - Port of Mokha Coffee

A big part of telling stories is recognizing a good story when you see it. I was blessed to be a friend of Mokhtar Alkhanshali and to work with him as a community organizer when he suddenly had a really big inspiration, and idea to transform the coffee industry in Yemen. I was one of the first people to publish a story about him way back in 2014, and I was blessed to be there to say a prayer when he launched his book with Dave Eggers, “The Monk of Mokha.” We also built his first website, drank a ton of coffee while he was building Port of Mokha with him, and helped to ideate his nonprofit he is building, Mokha Foundation.