Gathering around the table is a powerful way to enrich lives and a local faith-based nonprofit is doing just that by hosting an event for the community to learn about Afghan resettlement, their ...

DELTA TWP. — Khalid Mahmood was nine years old when his family moved from Kabul, Afghanistan, to mid-Michigan in 2001. He spent his middle school years learning to speak English and adjusting to a new ...

When couple Paul Iglesias and Sophia Akbar decided to open the contemporary Afghan restaurant Jaji, it took some time to get the menu just right. Besides satisfying their own palates and tastes after ...

Sophia Akbar, the co-founder and co-owner of Oakland restaurants Parche and Jaji, was born and grew up in Walnut Creek. New Concord restaurant Mazza is offering an authentic taste of Afghanistan At ...

Becoming a restaurant owner was not in Nelofar Mayar’s plans, but her love of Greenville and of sharing her culture and food have merged in a beautiful way that she never expected. At Mayar’s Aryana ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Word on the street is, it’s the first Afghanistan-style restaurant in Michigan — and it’s set to open right here in Lansing. “We’ve been traveling, believe it or not, to Canada ...

A trip to Afghan Village Cuisine is something like visiting an Afghan home, where the meal is how-mom-made-it authentic dishes, like Kabuli pulao, eggplant curry, naan bread and carrot balls for ...

When Storai Jalali and her husband Murtaza moved to State College in 2022 as refugees from Kabul, Afghanistan, the first thing they missed was Afghan food. “Our culture doesn’t exist in this area,” ...