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May 2019
1h 38m

Beyond the Kitchen with Abeer Najjar

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About this episode

In Episode 7, we discuss food, self love, improving ourselves spiritually for Ramadan and everything in between with Abeer Najjar. Abeer is a self-taught chef, blogger and the founder of the Huda Supper Club.  Through her Palestinian background and her childhood growing up on the south side of Chicago, Abeer is using food and her cooking to break down cultural barriers. 

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