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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(baking) Sweet dumplings filled with cream or nuts, traditionally served in Arab communities during Ramadan..
AS a young student at the multinational Aramco school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Fadi Jaber, a son of Palestinian refugees, always preferred his American classmates’ cupcakes, brownies and chocolate chip cookies to his mother’s pastries: knafah, qatayef and baklawah.
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Qatayef means (baking) Sweet dumplings filled with cream or nuts, traditionally served in Arab communities during Ramadan..
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AS a young student at the multinational Aramco school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Fadi Jaber, a son of Palestinian refugees, always preferred his American classmates’ cupcakes, brownies and chocolate chip cookies to his mother’s pastries: knafah, qatayef and baklawah.
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