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Items by Rashad Abu Dawood
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The outcasts of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar
I am not a football fan, but I have been watching the FIFA World Cup in Qatar with extreme joy, unmatched by anything else in this sad time for the Arab world. While others watched skilful players and teams, I watched history happening before our eyes at the first...
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Saladin’s maklouba
Meat or chicken was our dear and expensive weekly guest. As for the rest of the week, our permanent residents were either lentils or other legumes from the land, such as chickpeas, freekah, bulgur and fava beans. Of course, mujaddara, a dish made of rice and lentils, was the...
