Word: falafels
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...annual event, known as “Israel Fest,” also featured tables with falafel, beads with Hebrew letters on them for bracelet-making, and Israel trivia games to win candy bars...
Mahmud, 24, and I met at a Moroccan falafel place near Dupont Circle on a surprisingly sunny December afternoon. I guarantee that even if you looked carefully around the D.C. area, you would find very few “couples” like us—a Palestinian from Nablus and an Israeli from Herzliya, simply chatting for more than two hours, catching up on life. A week prior to our meeting, Mahmud had returned from a visit to Nablus, his hometown, after spending the past four years living rather comfortably in the United States. The story I heard that...
...much. It's like the underbelly of Sex and the City, this story! Sex in the City always rubbed me the wrong way, because it was so glamorous. My life was so not glamorous - we went to diners, we went to greasy spoons, we went to falafel places. It was really down and dirty. I was broke, too. I had no money at all. I was at NYU, putting myself through school, working like four jobs. So mostly it was just cup of coffee, glass of cheap wine. I still can't drink red wine. I can never drink...
...open until 4 a.m. everyday, 365 days a year. If you can get over the dim lighting, exotic wall decorum, and quietly mumbling waiters, then you should consider Mamoun’s for a late-night snack between parties; however, FM would definitely stick to the falafel...
...vulnerability counters media depictions of terrorists as cold-blooded extremists. Khaled delivers a speech to his community, pouring out his frustrations and grievances and explaining why he has chosen to become a martyr. His angry words are not recorded, however, because the cameraman was concentrating on his falafel sandwich. The dark irony of his deflated diatribe both amuses and overwhelms the viewer with compassion for him. It somehow feels akin to watching a younger brother flounder in a play while no one pays attention to his efforts...