Foods of Damascus

Celebrating National Baklawa Day

November 13, 2024

By Mehdi El Merini

By Mehdi El Merini / Arab America Contributing Writer Celebrated annually on November 17, national Baklawa Day honors one of the world’s most beloved pastries. Baklawa’s delicate, flaky layers and rich filling of nuts, sweet syrup, and fragrant rose water make it a dessert treasured across cultures. Although commonly associated with Turkish and Greek cuisine … Continued

The Foods of Eternal Damascus

September 17, 2024

By Ani Karapetyan

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer The Byzantine Emperor Justinian called it `the light of the Orient’; the writer Maurice Barres is reported to have said `Damascus is not a mere area of land, it is the place of the soul’; and the Prophet Muhammad reportedly refused to enter the city, and at the same … Continued

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