"Today starts the first week of Ramadan, and I have the great pleasure of digging into The Sudanese Kitchen by Omer Al Tijani. The war in Sudan has been going on for almost three years now, and Ramadan is a month that arrives with heightened feelings for those fasting in the middle of conflict and displacement. The cookbook, a first-of-its-kind collection of Sudanese recipes, is both a celebration of Sudan and a reminder of all that is at stake."
"Over 15 years, his passion for tracing and documenting Sudanese recipes took him all over Sudan, and his work became, as he told me, bound in Sudan's political story. He gathered recipes and food culture on the ground during the revolution that overthrew president Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's dictator of 30 years. As I embarked on the project, Al Tijani told me, we were embroiled in the revolution, we drove all over Sudan during fuel cuts, protests, sit-ins. Khartoum itself was teeming with revolutionary spirit."
Ramadan arrives amid an almost three-year war in Sudan, intensifying emotions for those fasting amid conflict and displacement. A first-of-its-kind cookbook collects Sudanese recipes, celebrating Sudan while underscoring what is at stake. The compiler learned to make Sudanese food while studying abroad, finding few resources and tracing recipes over 15 years across Sudan. Research and recipe-gathering occurred during the revolution that toppled a long-term dictator, with travel during fuel cuts, protests and sit-ins. Sudanese cuisine is diverse, mixing African and Arab influences, and many regional dishes remain little-known due to political and economic centralization in Khartoum.
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