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Our pick of Turkey’s best hotels with swim-up rooms
The Times
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Snooze, swim. Snooze, swim. It’s the ultimate in holiday relaxation, slipping between lounger and pool, and it’s never easier than when you can swim right up to your room. Turkish hoteliers are never slow to embrace new trends, and there are...
The Turkish mega-prison that became symbol of Erdoğan’s authoritarianism
The Guardian
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July 16, 2025
Silivri was once just a getaway town. An hour’s drive west of Istanbul, it was famed for its lavender, its yoghurt, and its summer houses dotted along the Marmara Sea. But to most in Turkey now, Silivri means something different: not the town, but...
Sodic set for Marriot's Tribute Portfolio Hotel opening in Egypt
Gulf Industry Magazine
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Sodic, a leading Egyptian real estate developer, has announced the opening of The Tribute Portfolio Hotel by Marriot International, a premium luxury hospitality property, within June, its Miami-inspired beachfront destination on the country's...
New Afrikico restaurant offers West African cuisine in Hagerstown
Chambersburg Public Opinion - Pennsylvania
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Afrikico, a new West African restaurant, has opened near Hagerstown, Maryland, offering stewed meats, kebabs, and rice dishes like jollof. Owner Jacqueline Eggay Thomas, with over 30 years of cooking experience, uses fresh herbs and natural...
Krispy Kreme picks Magnitude Creative for Middle East strategy, creative
Campaign Middle East
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July 16, 2025
Krispy Kreme has appointed Magnitude Creative as its strategy and creative agency of record across the Middle East. The Abu Dhabi-based digital marketing and creative agency will now oversee brand communications for Krispy Kreme in the UAE, Saudi...
Foodtastic has built a $1B restaurant empire — but its CEO is still hungry for more
CityNews Halifax
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July 16, 2025
As he sits in the back office of a Pita Pit in Kingston, Ont., on a recent Thursday morning, restaurant impresario Peter Mammas is all smiles. His rosy demeanour defies the tariff storm and customer cutbacks roiling his industry but reflects the...
Saudi Arabia to spur FDI with real estate shake-up
China Daily Global
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Starting from January, Saudi Arabia will allow foreigners to buy real estate as an updated property law comes into force. Seen by industry insiders and analysts as a critical component of its Vision 2030 program to diversify the economy, the...
Syracuse restaurant shows off its Middle Eastern flavors to ‘Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives’
Syracuse.com - New York
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July 15, 2025
Syracuse, N.Y. — Byblos Mediterranean Café in Syracuse is heading back to “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” this week, making its second appearance on Guy Fieri’s Food Network staple. The episode, titled “Around the World and Off-The-Hook,” is...
Deacon’s Bank restaurant review: ‘Lamb belly bites — only £7!’
The Times
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It’s true, I do not review in Derbyshire very often. In fact, I just googled “Giles Coren and Derbyshire” to find out exactly how many times I had reviewed in Derbyshire in the past 25 years and the answer is… no times. Although I did discover...
Cuisine in the crossfire — how Israeli and kosher restaurants have become targets in the Israel-Hamas war
Forward
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July 15, 2025
The kosher eatery Holy Bagels & Pizzeria in Miami after vandalism in June 2024. Courtesy of Josh Nodel By Hannah Feuer July 15, 2025 Shortly after the attacks of Oct. 7, Josh Nodel, the Israeli-born owner of Bagel Time Cafe in Miami Beach, hung...
Naf Naf Middle Eastern Grill CEO Greg Willman to step down
Verdict Food Service
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July 15, 2025
Naf Naf Middle Eastern Grill has announced that its CEO Greg Willman has decided to retire from his executive role at the restaurant brand and has informed the company’s board. He joined Naf Naf in 2019 as its initial franchisee, launching the...
Could JURKISH be London's hottest Jamaican-Turkish food spot?
The New Arab
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July 15, 2025
When I first make it to JURKISH in Peckham, South London, I realise three things: It’s my first time back to this part of my home city since I began living abroad in Türkiye; that my interview with owner and up-and-coming chef Nazli Ramadan would...
Reem’s Middle-Eastern bakery reinvests in Oakland in a big way
Silicon Valley - California
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July 14, 2025
A Middle Eastern bakery with a hit following is coming back to its homeland of Oakland. Reem’s, run by Palestinian-Syrian chef Reem Assil, is set to debut a large, new location in Jack London Square this fall. The 3,000-square-foot space will open...
Turkiye’s Kurdish regions not yet ready to believe in peace process
Malay Mail
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July 13, 2025
HAKKARI, July 13 — South-east Turkey, where the army has battled Kurdish militants for decades, is not yet convinced that lasting peace is at hand. In a slickly managed ceremony across the border in Iraq Friday, members of the Kurdish rebel group...
A restaurant with a conveyor belt of cheese is coming to Camden Market
Ham and High
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Pick & Cheese will boast an 18-metre-long moving belt laden with plates of the best of British cheesemaking - from Cropwell Bishop to Cornish Yarg. Cheese connoisseur Matthew Carver is taking on the site of The Cheese Bar restaurant in Stables...
New vegetarian and vegan restaurant and takeaway Vegalante opens on busy Nottingham main road
Nottingham Evening Post
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July 15, 2025
The decor is as colourful as the veggies at new eatery Vegalante. Customers can eat in or get a takeaway from the menu that has vegetarian and vegan options at the new premises in Mansfield Road, Nottingham. It's the second outlet to open, coming...
An Israeli restaurant owner quits a controversial Gaza food program after criticism
NPR
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July 15, 2025
Protesters enter Miznon Hardware Lane in Melbourne, Australia, July 4. Demonstrators clashed with staff at the restaurant, which is co-owned by Shahar Segal, who had joined the Israeli- and U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as a...
At Orla, Mina Honors His Egyptian Roots—With a Santa Monica Sunset on the Side
Indulge Magazine
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July 15, 2025
It’s not every day you find a restaurant that manages to dazzle the eye before you’ve even taken a bite. But Orla by Michael Mina, perched inside the new Regent Santa Monica Beach, does just that—and then some. With a dining room that opens into...
Restaurant 2 Hermanos in Utah: A Paraguayan Chef With An American Dream
The Asunción Times
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July 14, 2025
At first glance, it may appear to be just another cosy restaurant tucked away in Park City, Utah. However, the moment one steps inside, the rich aroma of sizzling lomito árabe, one of the Paraguay’s traditional sandwiches, the vibrant...
New Kosher restaurant in Athens defaced by 'pro-Palestinian vandals,' owner says
Haaretz
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July 14, 2025
The Israeli owner of a new kosher burger restaurant in Athens says pro-Palestinian vandals attacked his restaurant on Saturday night, spray-painting anti-Israel graffiti and warning the Greek staff not to move lest they be harmed.