UAE Conscious Gift Guide (for every season)
Before you say it – I know what you’re thinking. Christmas is days away and I’ve only just gotten around to posting this guide now?! In my defense, I don’t really celebrate Christmas. I mean, sure I do...
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Ah 2020. To say that it has been a year would be a painstakingly obvious understatement, given the current state of affairs globally. While I would love nothing more than to spend the next 300 words or...
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A Ramadan spent in quarantine. I know I’m not alone in marveling at just how peculiar of a notion that is, but it is after all our reality, given the current circumstances. I won’t lie, at first the...
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If there’s one thing that hasn’t been in short supply in as of late, it’s time. Time to adjust to the new status quo, time to digest (or sometimes completely avoid) the constant barrage of news...
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I have to admit – Ramadan in quarantine isn’t that bad after all. Yes, gatherings with family and friends now happen exclusively online (thank you, Zoom) – but other than that I’ve managed to uphold...
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We’re almost at day 70. It’s hard to even imagine what our lives were beyond this current phase, and even more difficult to picture what the eventual return to “normalcy” will look like. In the face of...
View ArticleEasy Raw Summer Rolls
I don’t always know what I want to write about when it comes to these recipe preambles, other times, I log on guns-a-blazin’. Today, it’s the latter. Like many, I have spent a lot of time trying to...
View ArticleVegan Seitan Shawarma
I’m going to say this for anyone who needs to hear it: Stop being a yes person. Yes, it has been a daunting year – and yes, for those of us coming out of respective lockdowns (depending on where you...
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It’s official – I can no longer stomach eating salads in the winter. Granted, I do live in the desert where the term ‘winter’ hardly means sub-zero temperatures and gloomy sunless days on end – but...
View ArticleZa’atar Spiced Tofu
How do you make tofu taste good? The eternal question posed to vegans everywhere. Some people might say that tofu is an acquired taste, that it isn’t for everyone or that beans and legumes are more...
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