Arab Hospitality and Culinary Activism with R...

Today, we are honored to have Salem Barahmeh, a dynamic figure whose life journey spans from the heart of Palestine to the global stage. Growing up between Jerusalem and Jericho during the first and second Intifadas, Salem's early life was marked by the harsh realities of aparthe ...  Show more

Today, we are honored to have Ghassan Shamieh with us, a dedicated immigration lawyer and advocate for Palestinian rights based in San Francisco.  Born to Palestinian parents who fled their homeland during the 1967 war, Ghassan was raised in the Bay Area, where he faced the chall ...  Show more

Tala Bashmi talked about her culinary approaches at Fusions and her chosen single ingredient: Mehyawa.Born in Bahrain, Tala Bashmi is making a name for herself as one of the most promising stars of the culinary world. The MBC Top Chef finalist and winner of MENA’s Best Female Che ...  Show more

Vanessa Zuabi interviews Leen Al Zaben in this one in two Matbakh special, recorded live on stage at What The Food by alserkal in Dubai. They discuss Leen's unexpected journey into the food industry, which began 15 years ago as a food blog and evolved into a full-blown career. Th ...  Show more

In this Matbakh event, we talked to Fadi Kattan about how his cuisine and savoir-faire combine worldly influences, a desire for perfection and a passion for the local terroir. When Fadi started his Fawda Restaurant in 2016, he created a cuisine honoring Palestine’s best produce w ...  Show more

In this Matbakh event, we talked to Kamal Mouzawak about how he founded the first farmers market in Lebanon, leading a social and environmental change and transformation. Kamal, through Souk El Tayeb, had the vision of celebrating food and traditions that unite communities and pr ...  Show more