Myriam 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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MAGAZINE
Read moreThe latest interactive digital magazine for halal foodies is out now! Street Eats, London’s Street Food Festival, takes place at Old Spitalfields Market on July 28th and 29th this year. This issue of Halal Gems Magazine takes you behind the scenes to find out what food you can eat, which traders have been picked to…
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