List of Mexican words of Arab origin
Just because this bears on issues that interest several readers, here’s a list of Arab words in more or less common use in Mexican Spanish. The full list is on…
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Every so often I like to post on what people actually eat. So here’s what was served at a Mexican despedida I went to yesterday. That’s the name for the…
Read moreGoing to the Loo: A Food Related Issue
A pregnant African woman is sitting in a pristine bathroom on a shining white toilet pedestal. ‘As a child growing up in Sudan, we never had toilets. We had to…
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