by Dakota 
DAR 525 has opened its new location at 168 Driggs at Diamond, and it’s a hit with Greenpoint. The cozy, aromatic spot has been smartly decked out with décor from owner Johan Fabiano Dawood’s travels in the Middle East, and on a recent Friday night around 7:00 p.m., not a single table was empty. With its excellent prices and incredibly savory, well-spiced fare, it’s easy to see why.
Greenpointers sat down with owner Johan over an incredible…
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I don’t mean to be a buzzkill but i am pretty sure this guy is not a good person. He is a criminal.
https://nypost.com/2020/01/25/cop-says-nypd-orchestrated-revenge-for-arrest-of-well-connected-drunk/
Obviously he is a criminal of a sort because he seems to be changing his name a lot….
What is the real name of this guy? Is it true that he owned all of these establishments because it seems odd…. I hope someone checks on the truthfulness of many of his claims…
A little search: his real name Jouhan Daoud and he changes his name a lot obviously because he is running away from lots of problems.
Of course he did not or does not own all of those establishments he listed. A little search and a phone call to that place in Fort Greene he claimed to own prove he is not telling the truth.
The big question is what is he running away from?
His real name is Jouhan Daoud and he like to exaggerate a lot.
He started as a busboy at Olive Vine on 7th ave. He was never a cook and knows nothing about cooking. He even used to serve Babaganush from a can when he ran a restaurant on court street. I used to see his delivery guy buying them from Malko on Atlantic Ave.
As I said, he likes to exaggerate a lot and everything he says you have to scale it down by 90 percent at least.
Sorry for coming to this party late:
Jouhan Daoud is the same as John Dawood or Fabiano Daoud or a bunch of other names. You can tell why he keeps changing his name.
Check out the story when he said that he was homeless when he first came to America….
Or when he told people that he is a doctor…..