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Go topSOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: DANEIL SANDARSON The growing popularity of American-style fast food in the Arab world could lead to a surge in prostate cancer, an expert says. Dr David Levy, a urologist at Cleveland Clinic in the United States, rejected the claim that genetics explained the comparatively low rate of prostate cancer in the … Continued
Israel has expanded the reach of its cultural theft beyond the historic borders of Palestine, to various Arab countries around it SOURCE: MIDDLE EAST EYE BY: NADA ELIA As a settler-colonial country, Israel has industriously sought to erase the existence of the people indigenous to the land it occupies, so as to better appropriate aspects … Continued
The Arab world is widely known for its diverse, rich, and dynamic cuisine. A variety of important spices, oils, and food products are essential to the Arab cuisine, making them impossible to miss in a common Arab American household. Arab America contributing writer, Udochi, explores the various staple food items most commonly found in every Arab household.
By: Udochi Esomonu/Arab America Contributing Writer Popular Chef, television personality, storyteller, and author, Anthony Bourdain, through his exploration of global cuisine and culture, was an enthusiast for bringing to light the often unheard and neglected stories of the silenced and marginalized people of our world. In 2013, for one of the episodes of his show … Continued
By Randa Necola/ Arab America Contributor Writer Arabs are very religious and care about following their religions’ rules and traditions. Arab Christians in the Arab world, in the United States, and the whole world, make sure that they fast or follow the lent (Siam). The Christian lent requires Christians to be vegetarian for a … Continued
By Blanche Shaheen/Arab America Contributing Writer My favorite indoor respite from the iced-over lawns, crisp air, and dark leafless trees of winter, is a warm bowl of chicken soup. I love closing my kitchen doors to sequester the spicy aroma and comforting simmer of a particularly hearty soup called Maftoul. Maftoul is the Middle Eastern … Continued
SOURCE: CBC BY: DAVID SAX Until recently, Syrian food was hard to come by in Toronto. But that’s starting to change, thanks to the recent influx of more than 40,000 Syrian refugees to Canada — including around 11,000 in Toronto, where Syrian cuisine is beginning to take root. The new ventures range from shiny new cafés … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: DANIEL BARDSLEY As well as coming last of the 34 countries in the 2017 Food Sustainability Index (FSI) in terms of sustainable agriculture, the UAE has also been ranked 34th and last in terms of how much food is wasted. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has, however, said the figure used, … Continued
SOURCE: HUFFPOST BY: JAMES ZOGBY What started the heated exchange was my response to a tweet by celebrity chef Rachael Ray in which she called “Israeli”—“meze, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, beet dip, eggplant and sun-dried tomato dip, walnut and red pepper dip, and tabouli”. I hadn’t intended a war, but my blood boiled when I … Continued
SOURCE: FOOD AND WINE BY: ANDY MEEK “I think what makes me happiest is really seeing this idea of people connecting and building with one another through food.” Sometimes the way to really figure out who you are, what you’re supposed to be, where you go next, is to drop everything and find your way … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: IONA CRAIG At 11.30pm, 10 nautical miles off Yemen’s western Red Sea coast, seven fishermen were near the end of the four hours it had taken to haul their nets bulging with the day’s catch into their fibreglass boat. Suddenly, away from the illumination of the vessel’s large spotlight, one … Continued
By Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer “Oh no! Not kishk again! Why can’t we have fried bologna for breakfast?” I asked my mother. Her eyes blazed, “I want you to be always healthy. Kishk is the healthiest food in the world.” At that time, as a child growing up during the Depression years on the … Continued
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