BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Arab America Contributing Writer Eating healthy meals during the holiday season is a challenge for everyone. Sugary sweets, fried comfort food, and massive portions line the tables at family feasts. Indulging in unhealthy habits for a day or two turn into a week or two, then a month, and before we know it, … Continued
PHOTOGRAPHED BY: EMILY BERGER BY: PRIYA KRISHNA SOURCE: BON APPETIT The best baklava I’ve ever had arrived in a board-game shaped box emblazoned with a golden palm tree crowning the word “Shatila.” They were the standard gift from my aunt and uncle when they made their yearly visit from Michigan to my family in Dallas. … Continued
By: Rebekah Denn Source: The Washington Post Her face framed by a delicate floral-print headscarf, Amanda Saab stepped into a Safeway. Ninety minutes later, the cashier rang up her groceries: $218.45 between Amanda’s brimming cart and the one steered by her husband, Hussein. The couple called an Uber and loaded the bags into the trunk. The … Continued
By: Terri Peters Source: TODAY.com It’s a sweet success story: a refugee family finds a safe place and a supportive community in the U.S. and a Syrian woman uses a family recipe to start her own business in a new country. Ruwaida G, who asked that her last name and face be withheld due to … Continued
By Suhauna Hussain East Bay Express On a recent Thursday afternoon, Reem Assil stood in front of the San Francisco Federal Building, emceeing a protest against the Trump administration’s Muslim travel ban. As soon as the protest ended, she ran to her bakery to knead some dough. For Assil, bread is not just sustenance. Bread … Continued
By Leyal Khalife Stepfeed.com There’s no doubt that Middle Eastern cuisine has become increasingly popular. Hummus, falafel, shawarma … you name it, they’ve all become widely loved in the West. But, while some dishes are more known than others, there are many that aren’t recognized as Middle Eastern. So, dear West, you’re welcome. Because, seriously … Continued
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