Vegan MoFo #5: Veganism in the Arab World
Hey guys, glad everyone enjoyed my healthy spin on the classic Egyptian breakfast recipe for Ful Mudammas yesterday – if you haven’t already check it out here. I plan on sharing more Arab vegan recipes...
View Article“Muslims Can’t be Vegan” – Where Veganism and Religion Collide
This post is part of a series called “Why Vegan?”, in which I try to shed some light on the how’s and why’s of my Veganism. *** I’ve been wanting to do this post for a long time – but...
View ArticleArabs and Veganism: The Difference Between Acceptance and Understanding
When I flew home for Winter break, I ended up in a heated debate with some extended family members about veganism and Islam , which compelled me to justify how I thought veganism was in fact in line...
View ArticleBroad Bean and Dill Brown Rice Pilaf
’m just going to come out and say it – family lunches aren’t easy. I recently stumbled across this video on YouTube on the hardest thing about being vegan , and I’d say that to a certain extent I agree...
View ArticleRamadan: Struggles + A Recipe Round Up
As I write this, I am currently 5 days in to what is (and always has been) by far one of my favourite months of the year – Ramadan. Ramadan, as you may or may not know is the ninth...
View ArticleAnother Vegan Ramadan – Fighting the Social Stigma
Hello dear readers! First I’d like to wish a Ramadan Kareem to all of those who observe the holy month. It took a comment on my Facebook page yesterday for me to realise that this is actually my third...
View ArticleSacrifice and Islam – weighing in from a vegan perspective
Upon learning of my veganism, skeptics (particularly those who are more religiously inclined) have been known to ask about my stance on the idea and consequent practice of sacrifice in Islam. I’ve...
View ArticleThird Culture, and Then Some
Greetings dear readers, from the hallowed lands on which this blog was in fact originally founded (fun fact); Egypt. As I write these words I am halfway into my first visit back in just over three...
View ArticleFamily and The Middle Eastern Vegan: How to Deal
If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last five years of my journey its that the struggles vegans and vegetarians face are for the most part universal. That said, I think there is a case to be...
View ArticleSaying goodbye
Home. What an odd concept, right? After all, how do you define home – is it the place where you’re born? Is it the country your parents hail from? Is the place where you’ve spent the largest number of...
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