No aroma in this world evokes more memories for me that the warm scent of home-cooked mansaf, especially the tangy yogurt sauce that simmers for hours on the stove. Served at large gatherings to ...

Earlier this month a video clip circulated on the Insta feeds of some friends: Its title is “Arab grandmas try Trader Joe’s za’atar.” You can probably guess these women’s reactions — a lot of confused ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook I remember my dad pulling me aside at a family gathering to a plethora of Jordanian food including ...

14 July 2008 I arrived back in Amman in the mid eighties after finishing university and inadvertently stumbled into a job at The Jordan Times. The editor of the paper at that time was Al Ghad's ...