Cook Like an Egyptian, one recipe at a time
My best foodie tribe, Hope this message will find each one of you in good health. While we are bidding farewell to a fairly eventful year, I would love to thank you all for being the best support group I could possibly wish for. Your consoling messages were the best therapy to cope with the […]
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Cooking with a friend is the ultimate experience of forging bonds, that is my long-standing belief. Being a trailing spouse of a diplomat, my stay usually doesn’t exceed a three-year term in any capital we are assigned too. Every time we are transferred to a new destination, we fearlessly venture outside the expat bubble. We […]
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Happy 2020 everyone! Since I immigrated to the US, I came to celebrate Christmas twice a year with two weeks in between. To many that might sound a bit strange! However, it is simple to explain. Typically, Coptic Orthodox Christians who are by definition the indigenous of Egypt celebrate Christmas on January 7th.
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NON-SPONSORED POST “Serving great food with a great cause” – so goes the tagline of the Professor Brawn Bistro at the Enabling Village. My new friend in Singapore, Sharon Liew — the founder of Dance Spectrum International—coordinated my first visit to the Enabling Village, space where individuals with special needs learn, evolve, and contribute to […]
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NON-SPONSORED POST Cities are best explored on foot. Thanks to this priceless wisdom, I have led a memorable expat life across four different continents and eight different cities. However, embracing this wisdom was easier in some places than others. While street safety is not a concern in tranquil Singapore, the hot sticky weather is a […]
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NON-SPONSORED POST Singapore is an exciting culinary journey that holds a novelty every day. With its fascinating immigrants’ stories dovetailed with deeply-rooted food traditions, Singapore never ceases to amaze an avid food blogger. In a recent get together with three prominent Singaporeans artists/photographers, I asked, knowing their refined palate, “what is the place to go for […]
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“Empowerment is a two way-street journey. I rushed to support refugees, yet they ended up invigorating my existence, shifting my mind set, and revealing of world of growth opportunities.”
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Located in the heart of the Armenian capital, Yerevan, Aleppo Cuisine is a social
enterprise established in 2018 by the Aleppo NGO. The promising enterprise aims to
empower Syrian refugee women and help them secure a steady income after they lost
everything in the bloody, open-ended war in Syria. Its menu features a lengthy,
scrumptious list of Aleppine delicacies.