fadi: we have plenty of places just for shawarma. that's why i call this shawarma valley.licon valley, we have shawarma valley. [laughter] ashlee: that is fadi swidan has opened israel's first arab technology accelerator and he knows everybody in town. arabs do not have to serve in the military and back the connectionsthe tech supplied by the idf. he is working to try to fix this and to help arab engineers benefit from israel's tech boom. in a controversial move, he is linking them up with tech moguls who have come out from a spooky tech firm known for security and espionage. fadi: anyone is going out of 8200, they are thinking about this. they want to graduate to a special ngo to help them. our community is not so popular to have a start up because it is a new industry. it is fairly risky. -- it is very risky. ashlee: he is a rebel, he was the only arab in the tech field in his class at an elite, technical university. inside of this building, he shepherded dozens of like-minded engineers. they are building software, consumer services, and hardware in an effort to make sur

lean cod tacos treated like shawarma.n -- it's brined, rotisseried, then air-dried like peking duck, then fried. meanwhile, not too far away, on sawtelle, a kogi truck pulls up, stops, reverses back to the corner. before the awning is even up, there's already a line. hungry people have been waiting in cars or around the corner ever since the twitter announcement 30 minutes ago. >> roy choi: yeah, this is just -- >> anthony: i feel guilty. i'm jumping the line, right? wow. what's the longest line you've ever had at one of these things? >> roy choi: 600. >> anthony: 600 people for one truck? >> roy choi: yeah. >> anthony: the kogi taco -- double-caramelized korean barbecue short rib on fresh corn tortilla, salsa roja, cilantro-onion- lime relish, and a napa cabbage/romaine slaw in a chili-soy vinaigrette. oh yeah. >> roy choi: the, the rep for kogi is that we go everywhere. we go to every single corner of the county and the city. we're not just going to the hip areas. >> anthony: what about fantastically -- what about bel a

then we have our last one which is for carnivores which is our chicken shawarma hummus.en thighs, boneless and skinless and marinate them for 24 hours in our seasoning. you want to have a really nice hot grill. this way you get a nice mark that doesn't stick. ♪ you always want something green and fresh. you know that by now. >> all right. now is the most important part. >> important part to taste it. we have fork and knife and napkin here but the real way to taste the hummus is to just with your hand, with your face. >> just. >> take a piece pita out. >> it's still warm. >> fold it in half and just go around the ends and then you go -- >> that really is the most basic meal for every person in the middle east. it's filling. it's protein and it's cheap. it's a good way to fill up. and to be healthy. >> amazing. >> see how that can be a main course on its own for vegetarians, for vegans, for carnivores. >> it's really good. >> great. >> nice job. >> thank you. >> you might have a future in this. >> that's what i thought. >> so there are a couple of reasons or a few reasons