october 2006
first suhur after ramadan ends - now you can eat breakfast during the daylight. bendura (tomatoes), libne m'a n'ana'(yogurt with dried mint), zeitun ahdar (green olives), zeitun aswad (black olives), chiar (cucumbers), jibna (cheese), halaawe (halvah), zatar (sesame seeds & arabic mix of basil, coriander, thyme and other spices), muraba (jam) and hoobz (bread).
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good with sesame seeds and other spices.
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moist halaawe with bread = !
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a tart cheese made from yogurt with dried mint. wakes you up better than foldger's.
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after you drink arabic coffee, you flip over your cup, wait five minutes, and then have the um of the house read your fortune.
um bernadette, city engineer, qari'at alfinjan (fortune teller)
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