It is not strange for you to receive a shawarma meal from your expatriate brother in Canada or any European country, to your home in Damascus, within minutes only without a plane or travel. 

We are not talking about magic, but it seems that the concept of the "small global village" achieved by social media has been effectively applied, leaving behind long distances and difficulties of distance and alienation. Financial remittances are no longer the only gift that Syrians send to help their families in these difficult circumstances, but there are other types of transfers promoted by some social media pages and websites specialized in expat gifts that have begun competing to provide their services by delivering various types of gifts from all over the world to family members in Syria.

But what is striking about the subject is the quality of the new gifts ranging from food baskets, foods of all kinds from grills, seafood, sweets, beverages, and even balance transfer has become among the list of services provided by those pages. 

Promotional phrases appear on these pages such as "You are far away and the family is in Syria," "Don't worry, order and we will deliver to their doorstep," which made these pages actually attract most expatriates who found a way to bridge the distances of alienation between them and their loved ones. 

According to a number of administrators of these pages, this idea is widely accepted and spread. For example, a young man from Belgium sends his mother a shawarma meal, a father sends his son grilled meat, and another sends a food basket. 

A number of administrators of these pages in Latakia confirmed, in their talk with “Athar”, the acceptance and spread of the idea. For example, a young man from Belgium sends his mother a shawarma meal, a father sends his son grilled meat and another sends a food basket.

Regarding the mechanism for delivering orders, page administrators first receive the transfer through licensed money transfer companies, then prepare the order and send it to the address with the addition of a profit margin according to the geographical area and distance, ranging from 15 to 20 percent, all with full credibility. It is worth mentioning that this type of gift has become very popular in recent times, which prompted some restaurants and supermarkets to prepare offers specifically for expatriates.