Few things remind Egyptians living abroad of the life they left behind like food—whether it is the smell of a freshly cooked meal with homegrown Egyptian products or the childhood snacks and local beverages that evoke nostalgic memories. Unfortunately, for most Egyptians abroad, their favorite products are replaced with those of the countries they are staying in. Hence, finding local products overseas is a warm feeling that Egyptians in diaspora have long spoken about. Taking to the famous Facebook group ‘What To Eat’, Egyptians shared their findings abroad. From Shay El Arousa (Arousa Tea) to Basma’s Molokheya, here are some of the Egyptian products found by expats around the world. BERLIN, GERMANY “I was actually at this Arabic-Turkish supermarket looking for molokheya because I was planning on cooking molokheya w roz bel shaareya for my friends. I wasn’t going to buy vermicelli as I already had at home but when I found this it felt like home so I bought it and cooked it with it instead of the one I had. I found it in Kaisar Supermarket in Greifswalder Str. in Berlin,” explains Mariam Negm, a human resources business…
