Middle Eastern Heritage & Culture
How Regional Knowledge Travels — Or Doesn't
A jar ships anywhere in a week. The understanding of what is in it has no shipping route. What gets lost when traditional products cross a language boundary, why it...
How Regional Knowledge Travels — Or Doesn't
A jar ships anywhere in a week. The understanding of what is in it has no shipping route. What gets lost when traditional products cross a language boundary, why it...
The MELevant Signature: What We Make and What W...
Our collection holds two kinds of product: those carrying the MELevant name, and those chosen from established regional producers. What separates them, why we carry both, and the standard that...
The MELevant Signature: What We Make and What W...
Our collection holds two kinds of product: those carrying the MELevant name, and those chosen from established regional producers. What separates them, why we carry both, and the standard that...
Why We Ship From Amman
Shipping from Amman is slower than a domestic warehouse. Why we do it anyway: what being inside the region changes about how products are described, what warehousing abroad would cost...
Why We Ship From Amman
Shipping from Amman is slower than a domestic warehouse. Why we do it anyway: what being inside the region changes about how products are described, what warehousing abroad would cost...
The Middle Eastern Home: Majlis, Textiles & Tra...
The Middle Eastern home is arranged around gathering. Learn the principles of the majlis, why floors matter more than furniture, how scent forms part of the room, and five changes...
The Middle Eastern Home: Majlis, Textiles & Tra...
The Middle Eastern home is arranged around gathering. Learn the principles of the majlis, why floors matter more than furniture, how scent forms part of the room, and five changes...
Arabic Coffee (Qahwa): Traditions, Preparation ...
Arabic coffee is pale gold, cardamom-spiced and served unsweetened in small cups. Learn how it differs from Turkish coffee, how it is traditionally prepared, the regional variations, and the etiquette...
Arabic Coffee (Qahwa): Traditions, Preparation ...
Arabic coffee is pale gold, cardamom-spiced and served unsweetened in small cups. Learn how it differs from Turkish coffee, how it is traditionally prepared, the regional variations, and the etiquette...
Ramadan & Eid: Traditional Household Preparations
Ramadan preparations begin well before the first day. A guide to the household traditions — preparing the home, stocking the kitchen, the iftar table, suhoor, hosting during the month, and...
Ramadan & Eid: Traditional Household Preparations
Ramadan preparations begin well before the first day. A guide to the household traditions — preparing the home, stocking the kitchen, the iftar table, suhoor, hosting during the month, and...