About Me
A recent graduate fresh grad student, semi-opinionated, resident of expat from Ramallah. Seeing the rise of several interesting Arab blogs, i finally decided to share my “wisdom” with the world and see if i can join the cool kids club.
So, why am i blogging mostly in English ? Unfortunately, Arabs and Palestinians are usually labeled as terrifying beasts to the Western world. Thus, i hope that my non-Arab readers can get more insight to the lives of “everyday people” in the heart of the West Bank. However, i do occasionally post in Arabic.
Za3tar ??!! Palestinians and levantines have an intimate relation with za3tar. Along with olive oil, it constitutes the most basic and wide spread snack. Za3tar grows naturally on the hills of the West Bank. In addition to the traditional za3tar-o-zait, there is the wild za3tar, and the aromatic za3tar-balat that is used with tea. There are many other variations of za3tar.
This blog is pretty much a work in progress. I will be fixing up the layout, and adding more sections as things move along.
Comments, questions, concerns ? Send me an email. I’m all ears, and i would love to help if i can.
omar
On October 25, 2007 | 12:26 pmZa3tar is seriously a huge part of my childhood memories, and everytime I eat it these days (whenever available in cold London) I get memories of the “sandweesheh” that happened to be soaked mid day in school, and the tissues wrapped around it! hehe
za3tar
On October 25, 2007 | 12:38 pmhahaha … yes indeed … those poor wrapping tissues would usually be drenched with olive oil by mid day
Awartany
On November 5, 2007 | 12:11 pmWishing you the best of luck man
Will check your posts…
za3tar
On November 15, 2007 | 6:23 pmThanks Awartany. Stay in touch.
Linz
On December 11, 2007 | 9:11 pmNice blog…glad to find more people from Palestine blogging about it…
Good Luck!
Salam
Linz-Gaza
za3tar
On December 11, 2007 | 10:41 pmLinz; thanks!
I think we should present the voices of more Palestinians to the world.
Keep up the good work on your blog
Iman
On March 24, 2008 | 10:39 pmI like your banner
al.
On March 25, 2008 | 2:11 pmZa3tar - even the way this word sounds is beautiful. I wanted to use it as a blog title but you beat me to it
And oh my God Omar, yes that image of za3tar sandwich wrapped with oil-soaked tissue paper is prominent in my childhood. Mama always said za3tar activates the brain cells - always a prescription before a test!
I like your blog - will visit more often inshAllah.
za3tar
On March 26, 2008 | 6:39 pmIman: Thanks, i like to keep rotating it with pictures of various spots in Ramallah and Palestine.
Al.: hahaha … yeah, when i decided to start a blog, i thought for a considerable time about a nice little blog name, and za3tar seemed like a great find. My mom too said that za3tar was supposed to “activate your brain”
.. maybe she was tricking us to eat it :-p
Saned
On April 30, 2008 | 6:50 amZa3tar, [...] I love the banner
ِAhmed Badrah
On May 7, 2008 | 10:29 pmi’m so proud to know Mr.Za3ter ,,,
i like the name lool ,,
hope we’ll be friends soon (= ,,
good luck brother ,,
sabeur
On May 14, 2008 | 1:14 pmI’m tunisian and i love za3tar lol … best thing lol
za3tar
On May 14, 2008 | 2:05 pmSaned: Thank you.
Ahmed Badrah: Thank you. I am glad to get to know you as well. Consider us friends
Sabeur: Thanks, Za3tar is one of the best things in the world. By the way, i really would like to visit Tunis someday inshallah.
Orsan
On May 18, 2008 | 10:27 pmkeep the good work!
Rana
On May 26, 2008 | 4:11 amSobbarine, the village where my husband’s two uncles were killed.. I just wrote an article, called it my Family Photo Album, send me your email address and i will send it to you… Rana, Canada (abd@istar.ca
za3tar
On May 26, 2008 | 6:51 amOrsan: Thanks.
Rana: Thank you, will do.
LuLu...!
On July 5, 2008 | 6:20 ammmm…i have alergy from za3tar that i cod die if i eat it
za3tar
On July 9, 2008 | 10:14 pmLuLu: Ohhh .. sorry to hear that. You’re missing out on some good snacks