Syrian Chicken with Caramelized Onions and Sumac
A simple chicken with sumac, onions and pine nuts, for the times.
I know this may sound sexist and simplistic, but I truly believe if more women were in charge there would be fewer wars and conflicts.
Women just have a natural tendency to want to talk it out — rather than use their fists or other weapons — to resolve situations.
Just imagine if a woman were the head of state of Syria rather than the long-standing brutal male president whose crimes against humanity have left this once beautiful country devastated beyond imagination.
Itab Azzam and Dina Mousawi know only too well the tragedy that has befallen the country. Azzam was born in Syria and moved to the United Kingdom in 2011, where she’s produced theater productions with refugees, as well as the Peabody and BAFTA-winning documentary series, “Exodus: Our Journey to Europe,” which chronicles the migration crisis.
Mousawi, who grew up in Baghdad, produced and directed “Terrestrial Journeys,” a theater piece devised with Syrian women living in Beirut’s refugee camps.
Through their nonprofit theater project, avid cooks and friends, Azzam and Mousawi met dozens of Syrian women refugees. As they got to know one another, the conversation naturally turned to food.