• Amerikan Pharaoh@lemmygrad.ml
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        10 months ago

        Facts; I've seen what Palestinian food looks like and I wish every Palestinian the ability to cook their own food out the Israeli's stoves and ovens

        God that palestinian cheese bread video i saw the pull was SO sinful and I need like a dozen of those tasty-lookin mfs

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        I recently found out that "Israeli Cous Cous" isn't real cous cous. I felt so stupid because it was always right there in the name - fake cous cous from a fake country.

        • huf [he/him]
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          10 months ago

          is it even from israel? we eat something very similar (called tarhonya) and apparently it's been here for centuries. we got it from the south slavs who got it from the ottomans who got it from persia or somewhere in that area.

          i actually really like tarhonya, but yeah it aint couscous.

          see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarhonya

          correction, the hand made version is old, the machine made version may be copied from the israeli stuff. or it may be an independent invention. i dunno.

      • Mardoniush [she/her]
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        10 months ago

        Famously, in fact. They couldn't make their traditional foods in Palestine, the plants just wouldn't grow, so their foundational cuisine is all simple anti-starvation recipes and half-assed substitute dishes. Now, you'd think that they'd adapt local cuisine, especially that of the local Jewish population. But no, couldn't even do that. Imagine the early US settlers refusing to eat corn or potato, that grade of stubborness.

        • the_kid
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          10 months ago

          umm actually you'll find that schnitzel and mashed potatoes is what people indigenous to the region eat

  • sisatici [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    I will not condemn what children who lost their mom's and dad's because of Israels bombing will do in 10-20 years but I hope they enjoy their life in free Palestine.

      • star_wraith [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        I’m curious, if you don’t mind answering. How are relations between Berbers and Arabs in North Africa? I don’t recall hearing much about ethnic strife before but I’m half a world away so idk. I feel like there’s so much recent history in North Africa that’s valuable to learn but I really don’t know much at all.

          • CTHlurker [he/him]
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            10 months ago

            In Morocco it seems like the people I know don't really care, the Arabs just think that Berbers are strange because they speak a different language, and their writing looks funny. Also there is some racism because some of the Amazigh people in the south (around Marrakech) have the stereotypical asian eyes (not sure how to describe it other than that, but I hope that people know what I mean). The nothern berbers in the Rif mountains are mostly stereotyped as weed growers, but I struggle to figure out if it's an insult or not given the importance of weed to the moroccan economy.

  • very_poggers_gay [they/them]
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    10 months ago

    Can someone recommend a good book or resource for learning about the history of Algeria? shy

    • ccdfa@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      Not exactly what you're looking for, but maybe check out Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth and A Dying Colonialism.