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Families grew tobacco, wheat, mulukhiyah (jute mallow) and olives, planting them each spring and waking before dawn in the summer to harvest the crops. The village was also known for an ancient ...

But the real stars will be a variety of Egyptian specialties: molokhia, a verdant soup made of jute mallow; mahshi kromb, cabbage leaves stuffed with rice, fragrant herbs, and spices; koshary ...