Guten Tag and Marhaba,
as I mentioned in my initial blog entry, I had received various receipts at our first meeting, that I will definitely cook when I am back in Germany. Hence, in order to protect my family from my limited cooking skills, Ahmed proposed to hand out advices, while I am giving my best to prepare taboon, a kind of Palestinian flatbread, for the first time.
During we were making the dish, Ahmed and I tried to name the ingredients in our mother language. Even though the mouth and tongue of a human is the same physically, I was surprised by the difficulties both of us had regarding the pronunciation of foreign terms. For example, Ahmed had a tough time uttering the ingredient Hefe, which is the German description of yeast. In addition, we listened to some songs, which are quite popular in our native countries. Therefore, Ahmed is now familiar with the beautiful sounds of Capital Bra, the most popular rapper in Germany, and I am more aware of Fayrouz, a Lebanese and one of the most famous singer in the Arab world.
Finally, we had a discussion regarding the disrespectful treatment of women in the middle-east. Honestly, and Ahmed agreed in this respect, I am happy to live in Europe, where all women are treated with respect without the threat of being disowned due to emancipated behavior.
Salam 🙂
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