2 of May
This week is cookie week 🇵🇸
Palestinian Cookies with a Story: Ka’ak bi Ajwa • Ma’amoul • Jerusalem Ka’ak • Makrouta
These aren’t just sweets—they’re centuries of culture, memory, and sumud (steadfastness), shaped into dough and passed from mother to daughter.
🥮 From the semolina-filled rings of Ka’ak bi Ajwa, to the delicate, ornate Ma’amoul, the sesame-crusted Jerusalem Ka’ak, and the aromatic, anise-scented pinwheels of Makrouta—each cookie tells a Palestinian story.
Made with ingredients grown from the land—ajwa dates, anise, mahlab, olive oil—these cookies are part of religious holidays, weddings, and family rituals. But their names and origins are often erased or flattened into “Middle Eastern desserts.” That erasure matters. Because food is history. Food is identity.
🔥 These cookies survive thanks to the unstoppable strength of Palestinian women—the grandmothers, mothers, and daughters who carry entire histories in their hands and keep baking, no matter the borders or bombs.
✨ What you can do:
✅ Name them. Call them Palestinian.
✅ Support and amplify the women keeping these traditions alive:
@fufuinthekitchen – Ka’ak bi Ajwa
@blanchemedia – Ma’amoul & Ka’ak
@palestineinadish – Jerusalem Ka’ak
@chefindisguise – Makrouta (Pinwheel Date Cookies)
📸 These cookies are more than dessert.
They are survival. They are resistance. They are Palestine.
#PalestinianFood #Makrouta #KaakBiAjwa #Maamoul #JerusalemKaak #TastePalestine #FromTheRiverToTheSea #SupportPalestinianWomen #FoodIsResistance #DecolonizeYourPlate #PalestinianHeritage #Chefindisguise #FeastInTheMiddleEast #FufuInTheKitchen #PalestineInADish