Nawal Nasrallah

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2023

Nawal Nasrallah is an Independent Scholar specializing in the history and culture of Arab food. She is author of the definitive cookbook on Iraqi cuisine, Delights from the Garden of Eden, and distinguished English translator of medieval Arabic cookbooks hailing from Baghdad, Egypt and Muslim Spain.

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In this manuscript of the work of 12th-century physician al-Ghafiqi, bunk is depicted either as bark, or perhaps the husk of a coffee bean.

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Before Drinking Coffee, People Washed Their Hands With It

This mysterious ingredient was often found in medieval Arabic books of medicine and botany.

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