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How to make stuffed aubergines in tomato and yoghurt sauce

Fatteh'd makdous puts a creamy crunchy spin on Syria's flatbread favourite.
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How to cook chicken stuffed with roasted wheat
Environment
The gardens of Damascus: Can Syrians reconnect with nature?
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How to make a quick and easy hummus
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How to make a creamy lamb stew from Syria
Heritage
Echoes of al-Andalus: The Portuguese town celebrating its forgotten Islamic past
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How to make this sweet brioche bread from Aleppo
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How to make fried kibbeh from Iraq
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Stolen treasure: How Iraq is hunting for ancient relics looted from its museums
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How to make this Lebanese lamb salad with an Australian twist
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How to make this filling chicken fatteh from Syria
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Laila Lalami: ‘Whoever tells the story controls the world’
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How to make qatayef, an imperial treat from the ancients
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How to make this couscous from Lebanon
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How to bake this Lebanese cheese flatbread
Film
Cannes 2019: Robbers, riches and religion make for fresh film debut
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How to make this meatball meal from the Ottoman Empire
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How to make this creamy Yemeni soup
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How to make savoury kibbeh meqliyeh, Aleppo style
Culture
Aladdin to Thief of Baghdad: How film posters created an Orientalist fantasy
Film
Arab films at Cannes 2019: Strong showing for Middle East, North Africa cinema
Books
Postcards from dystopia: The Jewish-American cartoonist hitting back at Zionism
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How to make stuffed vine leaves from the Levant