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| illustration for 'the controversial kitchen: making sense of mezze' . 2017 |
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| illustration for 'the controversial kitchen: making sense of mezze' . 2017 |
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| illustration for 'the controversial kitchen: making sense of mezze' . 2017 |
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| illustration for 'the controversial kitchen: making sense of mezze' . 2017 |
my friend isaac oommen and i recently collaborated on an article for the independent, online publishing platform mashallah news. isaac and i have been friends since high school, and it was so cool to have finally worked together on a project using both our talents. isaac is a great writer, and worked on an article focusing on the timeless conflict over mezze (middle eastern appetizers), and the claims to where it originates from. my contribution complementing isaac's writing was a series of illustrations highlighting certain sections of the article, including an illustrative portrait of chef anissa helou, and a humorous gif of the word 'mezze/appetizer' in various languages from the countries that claims its origin.
to read the full article, head to the link here. thank you mashallah news for this fun opportunity. and to isaac for spearheading the project. to more collaborations in the near future. happy reading!