To read more articles like this, download Halal Gems Magazine here. Maryam Abbas Imagine; after a long day at work or university you’re sat under the stars with nothing but a tent above your head, an evening summer breeze blowing past whilst you take a sip of water and break bread with the stranger next…
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Ramadhan Routine: Aamer Anwar
Read moreTo read more articles like this, download Halal Gems Magazine here. Aamer Anwar & Sharmeen Ziauddin Iftar: What I like eating at Iftari is absolutely everything that I can. It starts of with a spicy chick peas, samosas, kebabs, pakoras, chapattis, parathas and mango juice. Then after a few days you realise we’re fasting, this…
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Ramadhan Routine: Myriam Francois-Cerrah
Read moreMyriam Francois-Cerrah & Sharmeen Ziauddin Iftar: I’ve spent a lot of time in the Arab world, my husband is Turkish so we eat a mixture of food. I always open my fast with a date – Palestinian sourced of course, and water. I like to eat things that aren’t too heavy as I get super…
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My Foodie Life: Anj Baig
Read moreAliya Zaidi Fitness fanatic, Anj Baig is an award-winning personal trainer and owner of Pure Muscles Gym. Earlier this year, Anj, along with his younger brother, Moses, starred in Gurinder Chadha’s Desi Rascals, a new reality show, chronicling the lives of modern British Asians across West London. I caught up with Anj to chat about…
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It's a date
Read moreKomal Lalwani With thousands of different varieties of dates available, it can be a little overwhelming to know where to start! Here’s a little crash course on everything you need to know about dates… Dates are one of the oldest cultivated fruits, grown primarily in the Middle East and Northern Africa. They thrive in the…
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For the Love of Food: Dates
Read moreMaryam Abbas Not many people know that the majority of the world’s Medjool dates originate from California – even though they export only 15% of the worlds dates. But the origins of many Medjool date plantations stem from the export of the seeds from the East to the West. The Spaniards exported dates for the…
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The Ultimate Burger
Read moreWritten by Sana What makes the ultimate burger? Is it the browned, soft, oven-fresh buns; the juicy, succulent, melt-in-your-mouth meat; the dousing of a top secret, in-house made peri peri sauce; or the crispy, yet impossibly soft in the middle, thrice cooked chips? What if I were to say that this article doesn’t have the…
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Issue 3 Is coming soon! Enter our Instagram Competition
Read moreEnter our Instagram competition! Halal Gems have teamed up with Meat & Shake, London to give away a £60 voucher. To enter the competition all you have to do is: 1) Repost this image of our Issue 3 magazine cover on your own Instagram page. 2) Tag @halalgems and #HalalGemsGiveaway in the caption. The Instagram…
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The Ultimate Father's Day Meal
Read more5 steak-serving restaurants to treat your dad to this Father’s Day
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