Halawet El Jibn (Sweet Cheese Rolls) Rolls of soft, sweet cheese dough get stuffed with clotted cream and...
May 01, 2016
Recipe: Warbat bil ishta (Syrian sweet cream puffs)
A huge range of desserts from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Jordan use sweet cream, or ishta, whether...
May 01, 2016
Chapter 4: Betrayal
By Dalia Mortada and Lauren Bohn “It is betrayal,” As’ad Salloura declared from behind his giant wooden desk...
May 01, 2016
Chapter 3: Deadlines
By Dalia Mortada and Lauren Bohn It was a hot, humid June in Istanbul. A deadline hovered over...
May 01, 2016
Hard Lessons: Afghan schools fear rising violence
Miriam, an 11-year-old from Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, believes she and her family are lucky to have escaped...
Apr 19, 2016
Chapter 2: Into the Promised Land
By Dalia Mortada and Lauren Bohn Rashed wandered aimlessly in the dark, autumn leaves and twigs crunching under...
Apr 05, 2016
Chapter 1: Out of Syria
By Dalia Mortada and Lauren Bohn Tucked away in an alley in Istanbul’s Aksaray neighborhood, Şirket Alahdab is...
Mar 16, 2016
Recipe: Saffarjaliyya (Aleppo Quince and Lamb Stew)
Adapted from Anissa Helou’s Levant: Recipes and Memories from the Middle East. Serves 6. Saffarjaliyya, a tangy stew...
Mar 16, 2016
GroundTruth Fellows Chat Syrian Food on Facebook: Ask them anything!
GroundTruth Middle East Reporting Fellow Dalia Mortada joined PRI's The World for a Facebook chat about the war...
Mar 16, 2016
Syrian food is the connection to my family’s homeland
My parents are from Syria. My grandparents are from Syria. My Syrian heritage stretches back centuries. But I...
Mar 15, 2016