Community Kitchen: Vegan Palestinian Dishes

You are invited to Community Kitchen, an interactive culinary gathering where people from different cultural backgrounds come together and explore the vegan flavours of Palestine through food.

In this workshop, we will prepare four characteristic dishes that reflect the diversity of Palestinian cuisine:

• shorbet adas, red lentil soup;
• baked vegan manaqeesh with za’atar and vegetable fatayer;
• fattoush, a traditional Middle Eastern salad;
• Palestinian kullaj with walnuts, a delicate pastry filled with walnuts, cinnamon and sugar, baked until golden brown and soaked in fragrant orange blossom syrup.

Join us in preparing food and co-creating an open, collaborative environment where food becomes a shared language of connection. By taking part in the workshop, you enable one person from another community to attend free of charge.

Community Kitchen continues the pilot project we launched this spring in the Cooking Lab at Center Rog, in collaboration with ZRC SAZU and migrant, refugee and immigrant associations in Slovenia. The aim of the project is to connect through food, exchange experiences and learn about different cultures.

The programme will be held in English, and the recipes will also be available in Slovenian. Language should not be a barrier.

About the mentors
The workshop will be led by members of the Palestinian community in Slovenia, with the support of mentors from the Cooking Lab.

Palestinian Caravan is an independent, community-based cultural initiative that invites visitors to discover Palestine beyond the headlines. It brings together artists, storytellers, musicians, cooks, craftspeople and community leaders from Palestine and the Palestinian diaspora, who present the living culture of their homeland through genuine human encounters. Each event is an opportunity to celebrate creativity, preserve cultural heritage and build meaningful connections between communities through art, cuisine, music and dialogue.

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Participants should gather 15 minutes before the start of the programme in the entrance lobby of Center Rog. Please store personal belongings in the lockers that will be shown to you by the mentor. Please arrive on time, as late entry into the lab cannot be guaranteed due to disruption of the working process.

The programme is intended for participants aged 14 and above unless otherwise stated.

In case of cancellation, you will be notified two days before the scheduled start.

If you are unable to attend, fees are non-refundable and the date cannot be changed. Participation may be transferred to another person, provided you inform us at least 24 hours before the start at kuhanje@center-rog.si.

We look forward to your company and to creating together!