Give me a few days to write up a something in English and French, I’ll have it translated into Arabic and we can discuss the objectives in the Yahoo group.

As a side note I am planning on starting an annual event to promote Maghrebi and Mashriqui foods. Perhaps it can be in different locations every year. The first year in Los Angeles, than Detroit, New York, Paris, etc… So we share our food that has roots in ancient civilizations and in this way we are humanized to outsiders who mostly only know us through media reports as fanatics…

Food as a medium for political and social change! I like it.

A bientot inshAllah
Farid

I’ve noticed there are blog networks for specific topics or areas of interest like http://slashfood.com/page/2/ and http://fbl.ismyblogburning.com/ we could start something like that. Of course it would be multi-lingual, most of probably speak at least 2 languages though and translations can be provided fairly easily I would think. There are also members of language forums who provide translations services for free.

As for a forum. I know what you mean. The members would have to clearly agree that the purpose is to further dialogue. I used the term Mashriq.

Do you think I should set up a private yahoo group so that we can discuss the project privately?

I will invite as many bloggers as i can.

Unfortunately I don’t know cooking, but if I come across any, I’ll send him you side.

On the other hand, the Maghreb and Mashriq forum sound great too. Maybe it is better we discuss this more and set the objectives right so that when starting such a project, it will make a difference.

In researching food history and the current foodwriting contemporary scene in English I was shocked to discover how under represented Arab writers are even when writing about our cuisines!

According to the eminent food historian Charles Perry historically there are more Arabic cookbooks then the rest of the world combined. But the English speaking world writes that Israeli couscous is wholly indpendent of Maghrebi berkukis or what the rest of the Middle East has known as Maghrebiyya for centuries.

Centuries ago Middle Eastern scholars made reference to North African berkukis calling them Maghrebiyya or Maghrebian, but the American public is duped by marketing into beliveing that it was invented in Tel Aviv in the 1950′s just like falafel (I’m rolling my eyes).

I’m looking for Palestinian food writers to contribute to Ya Rayi Our Rai. There are two published authors that I am trying to get in touch with. If anyone knows someone please refer them to me. My blogs have a very wide and mainstream audience including many famous food writers and food journalists who refer to them for accurate information.

Maybe we can start a forum for both Maghrebi and Mashriqui bloggers. There is a mostly French language for Maghrebis http://www.magrheblog.net that I like very much.

(as a side note I know Israel most famous food writer through a forum, he agrees that falafel is a dish of the land well before the State of_________________)

All the best :-)

You’re the first blogger and I present a Palestinian dish that is identical to an Algerian one.

Enjoy!

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