From Kitchen Arabic to Recipes for Good Taste: Nation, Empire, and Race in Egyptian CookbooksFood historyculinary historyArab cuisinecookbooksEgyptSudandomestic sciencecolonialismBetween the 1880s and the 1950s, a new genre of cookbooks appeared in Egypt. Largely written by women, these texts ...
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My 2nd day in Jordan started from a 3-hour bus journey from Amman to Petra. I got up at 7am this morning and quickly packed everything up in time to put myself in a taxi to Wahadat Bus Station for 8am bus. I was there at the station just before 8am but the bus did not leave...
There were a few times where someone would ask if I was Indian and then mishear ‘England’ for ‘India’ and go on to ask a few more times (the first syllable for both countries is almost the same in Mandarin). Some people were shocked to hear me speak Chinese as they expected Ara...
When we were waiting for the Mac to restart he decided to ask me what I was doing. I told him I was reading an undergrad degree in Chinese Studies. Like most people, he thought it was quite strange. However he was insistent that the weird part was that I was not learning Arabic. Ac...
Certainly. I’ve been looking forward to it. What time are we leavingW: Tomorrow morning at eight. We’ll gather at the gate of the hotel at a quarter to eight. Please try to be ready before that time.M: I will. Thank you. Is that allW: Yes, that’s it. Good-bye.M: Good-...
Grandma’s 90th Birthday Party. I ran 20 miles that morning and drove to see her. I purposely matched our outfits this day. My last visit with grandma was spent making herstory as she made the Coal Valley News for early voting back in October. I was supposed to visit her again in Feb...
One of my main decision points during my morning routine is to determine what color turban I’m going to wear, and how that will coordinate with my shirt, pants, jacket and shoes. I have more than 20 different turbans, each a different color. I’m particularly proud of the four shades...
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I must have only gone to bed after 2am when finished shower and cloth washing, but my late sleep did not help to extend my sleep to later hours the next morning, thanks to horns and street noises which commenced early in the morning. ...