Once upon a time, Aneesa Waheed and her husband met in the aspiring city of Marrakech, fell in love and got married but their story did not end there. The couple now owns two Moroccan restaurants in Schenectady, New York, sharing with their community their experiences, love for the Moroccan cuisine and culture. Love Story.
In the middle of the most popular neighborhoods in New York, Rivka a Mogador native founded with her brother, Café Mogador, a home away from home where they recreated their mother’s Moroccan recipes. The restaurant located in East Village, Manhattan is a warm place for all those who are in love with Moroccan food, culture and hospitality.
Hana Assafiri owner and founder of Moroccan Soup Bar, an authentic place in Fitzroy, Australia where the waitresses are veiled and Muslim. The female activist and feminist is expanding her vegetarian business by setting up a taginerie always while carrying the objective of empowering Muslim women in the country.
In South Australia’s cosmopolitan coastal capital, med Ghanmi alongside his Australian wife created Inside Morocco, a shop that is full of homemade goodies. The couple’s store now includes a café that will enrich the costumers experience and make them live the Moroccan dream.
For a healthy and swift body people have been driven toward a new food trend. Organic food is a growing market in Morocco especially in big cities like Casablanca where people have been introduced to shops and stores that are full of organic goodies, gluten-free pastry and 100% natural products.
According to the International Diabetes Federation’s recent statistics, Morocco is severely touched by diabetes. The numbers published on the Federation’s website indicate that 1.6 million Moroccans suffer from the disease. To generate awareness about it, the kingdom’s capital hosted last Saturday “Premix Summit”, around 250 experts reunited to exchange expertise and help with the management of the chronic disease.