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Items by Maha Salah
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Sheikh el-mahshi
Any yogurt-based dish is automatically my favourite. The way yogurt becomes velvety and smooth after it’s cooked is just amazing. My fellow Levantines feel the same way, as they make the most yogurt based dishes in the Middle East. Most people know this dish’s more famous cousin, mahshi kousa, or…
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Nutella knafeh
There are very few people who don’t like Knafeh. It is one of, if not the most popular Middle Eastern dessert. It is traditionally made in two ways, either khishneh (Arabic for rough, in which shredded filo dough is used, or na’ameh (Arabic for soft), in which semolina is used.…
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Musakhan rolls
The original version of the Palestinian dish musakhan consists of onions and sumac sautéed in olive oil, slathered on amazing taboun bread topped with pine nuts and grilled chicken. As amazing as this sounds, it is usually eaten in the privacy of one’s home, among friends and family, as it tends to…
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Awameh
I don’t know about you guys, but when I hear fried dough, my interest is instantly piqued. Awameh or luqmat al-qadi, as some Arabs call it, is one of those desserts that are made across the Middle East. In Arabic, the word “awameh” translates to “to float” or a lifebuoy…
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Mansaf
Mansaf is the dish Jordan is most famous for. You will find it at every occasion or social gathering, be it a wedding, graduation, holidays, or just a plain old family gathering. There is really nothing more Jordanian than a platter of Mansaf! The dish has three main components: lamb, rice…
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Israel’s arrest campaign against Palestinian parliamentarians
Introduction According to international law and even the Israeli legal system, no one should be detained for their political beliefs. However, this is not the reality in the occupied Palestinian territories. Elected Palestinian political leaders are arrested and detained regularly as part of Israel’s effort to hinder Palestinian political processes,…
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Weighing up the Jordanian-Palestinian Confederation
Introduction The idea of a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation, which first emerged four decades ago, has resurfaced in recent months and is creating something of a controversy. The origins of the concept go back to 1972 when King Hussein of Jordan offered a plan to establish a federal united Arab kingdom to…
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Why are Palestinians voting with their feet in the Israeli elections?
FACT SHEET Although the Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel have the right to vote in the Israeli elections, many have chosen not to, due to the fact that Israeli politics have been overrun by anti-democratic parties that are preventing the voices of the Arab minority from being heard. Since 1949,…