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Adrangi further observes that the top positions at his Yale newspaper are held by Jews, suggesting that for this reason, the newspaper supports Israel. His comments came in the context of support for the poet Amiri Baraka, who famously claimed in a poem that Israelis were warned to leave the World Trade Center before its destruction...
Lyman said plays have “a great deal of potential as a tool for political speech” and added that Baraka “didn’t go out and kill white people” despite his “scary plays...
...Baraka, the tastes come fast and furious, replete with the inventive spicing that results from the position of Northern Africa at the crossroads of the ancient caravan route from the East. Close to Sicily, Italy and Spain, the land has been filled by successive waves of immigrants over thousands of years: Berbers, Romans, Arabs, Turks, Spaniards and the French who colonized the region. Its fertile land has adapted to this influx, offering both ancient grains and New World vegetables...
...crust, is uniformly bland. It comes smothered, however, under a wonderfully piquant harissa, a spicy condiment made by pounding chili peppers in a mortar with salt, olive oil, and spices. Harissa is one of the foundations of all North African cooking, and it’s excellent at Baraka Café. You’d be well-advised to order harissa alone as a meze ($3.50), and forgo the Karentika. The Zaatar Coca ($4.50)—a hand-stretched bread, grilled over a fire, then sprinkled with herbs and piled with fantastically sweet caramelized onions—is also...
...Baraka Café is an alluring little restaurant. Its bricked room with blue trim and curtains seems as far away from Central Square as Cambridge is from North Africa. The undulating fans, swaying glass lamps and lemonade scented with orange blossom and rose petals ($1.75) all conspire to create a transporting experience. Even though I can never finish a meal, the trip to Central Square seems worth...