SOURCE: CHICAGO.EATER.COM BY: NAOMI WAXMAN A new Palestinian-influenced pop-up restaurant from a trio of Chicago service industry members debuts for dine-in and takeout Wednesday inside a Wicker Park bar. Yamma, an affectionate phrase for “my mother” in Arabic, offers “health-conscious, flavorful, allergen-sensitive Mediterranean food” though the lens of Ruba Hassan’s desire to highlight her family’s culinary … Continued
SOURCE: HOTEL BUSINESS BY: ABBY ELYSSA Set to open this year in Qatar, Zulal Wellness Resort by Chiva-Som was founded on a holistic approach to sustainable well-being. Managed and operated by Chiva-Som International Health Resort, Zulal’s mission is rooted in Chiva-Som’s wellness philosophy of balancing the mind, body and spirit. The resort will also introduce … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: SELINA DENMAN ‘Anta Al Batal’ merges languages, melodies and musical styles found across Egypt, Morocco, the UAE and beyond Moroccan rapper Issam Harris, Egyptian trap star Marwan Moussa and Fafa, a rising female vocalist from the UAE, have joined forces with Riot Games to create an Arabic music track and video … Continued
SOURCE: THE JORDAN TIMES BY: JAMES J. ZOGBY While reading Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) monumental report “A Threshold Crossed”, I felt a range of emotions. It also left me with one big question. I was deeply impressed by the report’s rigorous scholarship. At the same time, it brought to the surface feelings of anger and … Continued
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer “Now we will be travelling in the real Yemen.” Our driver, Ahmad, was ecstatic when I informed him that we would be travelling from Hodeidah through the Harraz mountains to Sana’a, the country’s capital – 256 km (159 MI) miles away. After a day in the hot Yemeni Tiham … Continued
SOURCE: LOS ANGELES TIME BY: BILL ADDISON Reem Kassis thought for sure she was a one-and-done cookbook author. In 2017 Phaidon published “The Palestinian Table,” written so Kassis could codify her family recipes and help preserve — or “safeguard,” a word she uses often — an everyday aspect of her cultural heritage. The questions posed … Continued
SOURCE: THE MANUAL BY: MARK STOCK The cuisine of Morocco is an almost mythical thing, built around postcard imagery of colorful spice markets and stew-like dishes patiently put together in tagines. The above is quite true but there’s a lot more to the food of this North African nation. Morocco’s unique location, a wedge atop … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL Shoppers at Madina Al Riyadiye, a fruit and vegetable market in Beirut, were treated to a small bonanza this week, when they saw lemons, bananas and other fruits on offer at discounts of up to 50 per cent. In a country where food prices and poverty rates have risen dramatically since the start of an economic … Continued
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer ‘Open Sesame’, the magical Arabian Nights phrase which supposedly opens doors to untold riches, is well-known in the literature of the West. Nevertheless, there are not many who relate this saying from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves to sesame seeds – one of the oldest foods known to … Continued
SOURCE: EGYPTIAN STREETS BY: MIRNA ABDULAAL What is sex? For centuries, female sexuality has been demonized and controlled by men and women alike. But in our attempt to understand the reasons behind it, we are essentially responding to a rarely asked question: the nature and meaning of sex. Is it a quality? The essential characteristics … Continued
SOURCE: ALJAZEERA Storyline set in 2053 in the fictional Arab state of Alephia follows a group of undercover agents plotting to take down hereditary ruler. The film’s creator says it is not inspired by any single Arab country but depicts conditions familiar to many across the world [Joseph Eid/AFP] 29 Apr 2021 Alephia 2053, an Arabic-language animated feature … Continued
SOURCE: FACE2FACE AFRICA BY: NII NTREH Mustafa al-Zemmouri, or Mustafa from Azemmour, is thought to be the first Arabic-speaking person to land in the so-called New World. Not much is known about him even though according to Moroccan-American professor Laila Lalami, more people have come to know of the man’s voyage since she wrote a … Continued
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