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New York Daily News

'I don't know what I can give this city, but I'll do my best'  ---- By Heather Robinson

It's Wednesday afternoon, and Shadin Hossain is surrounded by people. A friend named Joe runs in to ask if anyone wants coffee.

Alam, Hossain's brother and his co-manager of Galleria - an art and framing store in Murray Hill in Manhattan - says he will attend to the customers. Meanwhile, Hossain fields phone calls from artists who have agreed, at his request, to donate to charity a portion of the proceeds from their work.

"I'm so happy here, and so blessed," says Hossain, 39, an immigrant from Dhaka, Bangladesh, whose big brown eyes radiate joy and energy. "I feel like, to do something for others, God gave me that opportunity."

About a year ago, he saw a news story on TV about orphaned children in the Congo who were starving to death. Deeply disturbed, he resolved to do something. He made the largest financial contribution he could, but he wished he could do more.
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