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An Arab, Middle East recipe for Stuffed Grape Leaves

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#Read @RayHanania I love #MiddleEastern #Arab food recipes in addition to politics. Here’s my how to make Stuffed #GrapeLeaves with diced #lamb #steak #wariqDuwali #OxTail and #rice

Read Ray Hanania’s columns on politics, life in general and his love for Middle East and Arab food.

In this column, Hanania discusses how to make Stuffed Grape Leaves, made of grapeleaves, diced lamb, rice, and Ox Tail.

It’s an easy recipe her learned from his mother who was born in Bethlehem — not Pennsylvania, but in Palestine.

He watched her several days every week as she cooked Middle Eastern foods, including Stuffed Grape Leaves.

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