FOOD PLACES
NEAR CAMPUS
NEAR CAMPUS
Located in the HUB, this food is a SWANA chiptole-style option known for their white sauce.
What is Halal Shack?
This ninth month of the Islamic calendar which is observed as a sacred period of time for fasting, prayer and charity from sunrise to sunset.
What is Ramadan?
This game is played with dice on a board of thin triangles, and is a fixture in cafes across the SWANA reigon and beyond.
What is Backgammon?
This country's flag features the Eagle of Saladin (aka the Coat of Arms).
What is Egypt's Flag?
This narrow sea is where the Prophet Musa (Moses) is said to have parted the waters in the Quran and Torah.
What is the Red Sea?
This Riverside family owned Iraqi resturant, is home to the Biryani dish.
What is The Palmtree Restaurant?
This 40-day Christian season of fasting, prayer, and repentance prepares believers for Easter.
What is Lent?
This app allows people to play a multitude of SWANA Card and Board Games, and is very popular with students in the MESC.
What is Jawaker?
This country's flag features a a cedar tree in the center which is also a national symbol of said country.
What is Lebanon's Flag?
The longest river in the world flows north through Sudan and Egypt. Egypt is often reffered to as the gift given by this body of water.
What is the Nile?
This cafe is known for its Adeni tea
What is Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. ?
The foundational text of Judaism, consisting of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. Means "instruction" or "teaching" in Hebrew
What is the Torah?
What is Tarneeb?
This country's flag is one of the very few in the world that contains the color orange, with this orange being a deep apricot shade. The orange representing the creative and hardworking nature of the people
What is Armenia's flag?
This sea borders North Africa, the Levant, and Turkey all at once, and its name literally means "in the middle of the earth" in Latin.
What is the Medditerranian Sea?
This is University Village's newest cafe's, specilizing in serving South-Asian flavors
What is Chaiwale and Co. ?
This country has the largest population of the Druze community in the entire world.
What is Syria?
This traditional Middle Eastern children's make-believe game of playing "house," is also an active children's community space and a live-action role-playing (LARP) organization.
This country has two competing flags. One is solid white with the Islamic declaration of faith written across it in black Arabic script. And the other includes a black-red-green tricolor and the national emblem.
What is Afghanistan's Flag(s)?
This narrow, heavily guarded waterway between Iran and Oman is one of the world's most important oil shipping routes, connecting the Persian Gulf to the open ocean.
What s the Strait of Hormuz?
Returning students often gripe about this frequently catered returant at MESC events, but never refuse free shawrama from here.
What is Yafa Mediterranian Cuisine?
Especially significant to Shia Muslims, this day of mourning commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein at Karbala.
What is Ashura?
This ancient "count-and-capture" board game originated in the SWANA reigon. It's name comes from the Arabic word naqala which means "to move" or "to transfer".
What is Mancala?
This country shares both colors and symbols with another country in SWANA due to historical ties to the Ottoman Empire. This country is the one with the red shapes/symbols.
What is Tunisia's Flag?
This river flows through Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey, and shares its Arabic name with a famous horse ridden by Khalid ibn al-Walid.
What is Al-Assi River?