Delicious Dishes
Salma went the extra mile and topped this creamy classic with a gelatinous orange layer... and don't forget nuts.
What is Riz bi Haleeb?
Home to Table Mountain and Madiba, this country borders both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Salma traveled there with a dearly departed friend.
What is South Africa?
He once shattered a glass coffee table with a marble egg in the middle of her dinner party, all because Salma refused to tie his shoes.
Who is Mohamad?
This movie proves that if you're overwhelmed with seven children, singing on a mountaintop is apparently the solution.
What is "The Sound of Music"?
Her mother, Teta Radhia, swore that only a husband of this profession could satisfy Salma's sweet-tooth.
What is a halaweh (halva) maker?
Salma's signature watermelon basket, and an assortment of creative vegetable garnishes, were inspired by this celebrity chef's knife skills.
Who is Martin Yan, of Yan Can Cook?
She befriended this country's ambassador, furnished an apartment in one of its remote villages, and funded a community's mosque rehabilitation project, all without taking off her white gloves.
What is Cameroon?
The only one born in the Motherland, she makes a mean lamb shank and an even more formidable "mudeera."
Who is Rama?
She can slide up a staircase banister, leap into sidewalk art, and make medicine taste better, all before tea time.
What is "Mary Poppins"?
The neighbor in this NYC borough wasn't buying the story that her trouble-making nephew couldn't understand him. Because he, too, spoke Spanish.
What is Queens?
This traditional Damascene dish of lentils, pasta, tamarind, and crispy onions gives new meaning to the phrase "finger licking good!"
What is Harrak Osbao?
Salma joined friends from the club in Zamalek to this destination that combines French colonial architecture, ancient temples, emerald rice terraces, and some of the world's most beloved street food.
What is Vietnam?
Her fashion tastes are top-tier, but Salma's favorite shopping companion is also always down for a run to Target or TJ Maxx.
Who is Nawara?
If your morning routine includes staring into a jewelry store window while eating a pastry, you might be in this Audrey Hepburn classic.
What is "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?
Salma negotiated herself out of a failing grade in this subject by convincing her teacher that neither of them wanted to see one another again next year.
What is math?
It was always somebody's birthday at the table when Salma and family visited this establishment in Falls Church famous for pancakes, scallions, plumb sauce and duck.
Peking Gourmet Inn?
Another family vacation Abdullatif stayed home for, this trip featured flirty waiters, a toothpick stuck in the nose, and coming home with an expensive hand-blown glass encrusted mirror.
What is Italy?
The only one who got to go away for college, now he's making her proud dropping bars and spinning yarns.
Who is Omar Offendum?
Miss Effat's patience is tested daily by Bahgat, Mansour, Atef, and their classmates in this legendary Egyptian comedy.
What is "Madrasat Al-Mushaghibeen"?
She was baby-sitting at her sister-in-law's when one of the boys walked out of the bathroom claiming he was eating this stuffed vegetable he had just retrieved from the toilet bowl.
What is kousa mehshi?
Teta's best kept culinary secret is that she didn't like eating this protein.
What is chicken?
She crossed the Allenby Bridge with her youngest so her oldest wouldn't be stuck navigating these occupied lands alone with her two toddlers in tow.
What is Palestine?
Their parents' redemption, and the beneficiaries of their Teta's wisdom and affection – this generation undeniably hold the title of "loved ones," habibatee.
Who are Tala (and her littles), Aboudi, Siraj, Aya, Omar, Jibran, Danya, and Ella?
Books are burned, ideas are feared, and one philosopher refuses to stay silent in this Youssef Chahine classic.
"What is Destiny (Al-Massir)"?
Teta's two secrets to keeping her clothes crisp as a school girl, and then as a world traveler.
What is lay them under her mattress and wrap them in plastic bags?