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Article: Israeli entrepreneur finds L.A. a land of iron, honey.(FEATURED NEWSMAKER)(Gali Begim)(Los Angeles, United States)(Gait Art)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- May 5, 2008
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GALI Begim came to the United States from Israel 20 years ago hoping to live a better life. She was 21 and had just finished her two years of military service.
"Life in Israel was not easy, politically and economically," Begim said. "I wanted to explore and live differently. To me. America was the land of opportunities."
Begim likes to think that she had made the most of her opportunities. Today. she is owner and chief executive of Gait Art, a maker of customized iron home furnishings, and co-owner of LifeMel Honey, a Web company that imports Israeli honey to sell to cancer patients going through chemotherapy.
Several years after she moved to ...