by Tanya | Jan 12, 2021 | Conversations
Located in the middle of the Jordanian desert, about 2 hours outside Amman, sits 155,000 olive trees. Ziad Bilbeisi, former architect and founder of Al Maida owns these groves and works together with his four children to produce an internationally respected, award...
by Tanya | Jan 6, 2021 | Conversations
Noor Awad is the brilliant mind behind Homegrown, the social enterprise that helps support small-scale Palestinian farmers cultivating olive trees, and sources their produce in a bid to shed light on their stories, and in turn, help sustain their olive groves. For the...
by Tanya | Jan 5, 2021 | Conversations
Aamar Shawwa’s artwork captures a time of nostalgia and calmness, a time when everything around her was pristine and also depicts a time of sadness and hardship. Aamar discovered her knack for art while staying home in Kuwait during the Gulf War and it was her older...
by Two Little Chefs | Jan 5, 2021 | Cuisine
[cooked-recipe id=”72476″ A signature Palestinian dish made with sumac, fried onions and shredded chicken, traditionally made open faced on top of Tabun bread. These rolls are a simpler version and very delicious Shares...
by Farah | Dec 19, 2020 | Stories
When I was writing Balad (بلد : Arabic for country), I imagined actually living in the hearts of the people with whom I feel the most safe and at home. I thought of different cities while writing this piece, mainly: Beirut, Amman, Nablus, and Damascus, cities which...
