Palestinian Refugee Project

I thought I would like to enjoy the bargains of the Halloween pumpkins that are now on sale, they are very cheap just 50P the price compared to the price before Halloween, and they are still juicy and fresh. With my mum’s tasty pumpkin jam, she learnt the recipe from her late grandmother who my mum admired loads. This beautiful lady not only had a strong personality, but she was also gorgeous and had beautiful blue eyes. She was born in the north of   Palestine, like her ancestors in the village of Saffuriya in central Galilee, this village was known in the Ancient Greece as   Diocaesaraea and during the Crusades, le Saforie . This village lying on top of a mountain was believed to be the birthplace of Mary, mother of Jesus, and where her mother Saint Anna  resided, who was mentioned in the Quran was mentioned  as "the wife of saint Joachim Imran”. Why they did not use her name in the Quran is a mystery. Wow what we started with Pumpkin jam, has then gone to...

A recipe for Qatayef from a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon.  This dessert is not only beautiful to look at it is also very tasty. It is called Qatayef, and it is one of the most important and most well famous Ramadan sweets you will find on the Palestinian table during the holly month. Qatayef The one thing I regret though is that a large percentage of the Palestinian camp residents will not be able to buy or make this sweet, and this is painful for me. Despite this heartache, I will share some of what I know about Qatayef with you and how I came to learn about it and even when I first tasted this beautiful dessert. (I have attached some photos of the Qatayef sweets that I have prepared at home for various occasions). I remember first seeing Qatayef after I moved with my family to the camp of Ein Al-Hilweh (Palestinian Refugee camp in southern of Lebanon) in November 1993, while it was my first month of the Holy Ramadan on the camp there. I was so excited to move ...