When Jihad came to Istanbul, he saw how difficult it was to find the ingredients Syrians needed. Now, his shop has everything for the Syrian kitchen.

From lettuce, apricots and local bear to handicraft, music and contemporary art, Palestine has a festival scene that celebrates life’s more beautiful sides on many occasions throughout the year.

In Algeria, the most visible sign of the country’s over 40,000 Syrian refugees is many newly opened restaurants.

During the last decade, Ramadan in Dubai has become more & more commercialised. Still, in parts of the city, communal outdoors iftars bring people together.

I remember clearly the moment we stood facing each other — I, wondering if he was Iranian, and he, probably thinking that I was Iraqi.

Go Local, Support Local — a cute and green grassroots campaign to consume homegrown Jordanian produce.

Bringing back life to Iraqi-Jewish cuisine during one evening in Dubai at culinary artist Michael Rakowitz’s pop-up restaurant.

Eating anti-capitalism: Gezi park protesters set a communal street table as the demonstrations coincided with Ramadan.

Des groupes d’activistes musulmans ont organisé un iftar anticapitaliste, regroupant de nombreux sympathisants du mouvement de Gezi à Istanbul.

Paola Salwan Daher, with a family exiled to Europe because of the Lebanese Civil War, identifies food as the link with her roots.