I have officially decided what I am going to add to my Genius Hour. As I have mentioned in my Fattah blog post, I want to add something to my Genius Hour so I truly feel like I have succeeded in the end. Along with what I’m currently doing, cooking and baking familiar food that […]

Mulukhiyah is today’s meal. It’s made with minced jute leaves and it’s very nutritious and delicious served over rice and chicken. Let’s make it! First, I crushed the mulukhiyah or jute leaves until it was almost powder-like. In a pot, I sautéed some chicken, garlic, onion, paprika, curry, black pepper, and laura leaves with vegetable […]

This week I made a Middle Eastern dessert known as knafeh which is made from spun pastry known as kataifi, then layered with “sweet cheese” and topped with pistachios or other nuts after being soaked in a sweet syrup made of sugar known as qattar. Next, I got a chunk of kataifi and rolled the […]

For the first week of cooking and baking, I made Fattah! Fattah consists of yogurt, herbed chickpeas, layers of pita bread, and often topped off with toasted nuts. Got some chickpeas. Then, I put the bread and chick peas into a bowl. To make the Fattah yogurt, I added yogurt, salt, lemon, a clove of […]

On March 21, I tried out for a U15 basketball team at Commonwealth. Although it felt very short, the tryout went pretty well and I was going to find out if I made it the following Thursday, and I made it! Everyone on the team is super nice and always brings in positive energy. We […]

This is my video for the first week of Genius Hour! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Tq1AOgmGyUsvAC1X3EWpbNhu9aoUmugw/view?usp=sharing See you next week!

After thinking long and hard, trying to choose between Henna and Improving my basketball skills. I have decided to do basketball because it’s what I enjoy doing most during my free time. One of my biggest goals for the near future is to make the senior girls basketball team next year. I was really close […]