Elliot Bannister is a foodie and linguist who learnt his Arabic in Alexandria. He is interested in the interaction between food and language: how recipes are shared between families and cultures, and how dishes and ingredients take on multiple meanings. He is a graduate of SOAS, University of London where he specialised in Arabic dialectology.
As a teenager, Mohamed Ahmed El-Sammak sold fuul on the streets of downtown Alexandria. His big break...
This article was updated on Wednesday 14 January. A previous version misidentified Sawsan El-Sammak as the niece...
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