11/05/2004

Sweet Threads


... A little girl would return to her home happy, in her hand a plate of Jaradiq, "oh, transperant bread, blown by the wind," delicacies of Ramadan, sprinkled and decorated with threads of molasses so they would taste delicious when crushed between the teeth...

From "Daughter of Damascus" by Siham Teregman
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