Lama Obeid

Para Lama Obeid, ser escritora de viajes no es simplemente una profesión; es un reto constante, un desafío que va mucho más allá de lo que cualquiera podría imaginar.
Como palestina, Lama no solo se enfrenta a las dificultades habituales de la vida profesional, sino también a un sistema que le pone trabas en cada paso de su camino. Su historia, más que un relato de aventuras y descubrimientos, es una cruda realidad que ilustra lo que significa viajar cuando tu pasaporte no te otorga privilegi...

Lama Obeid is a Palestinian writer and trainer based in Ramallah, Palestine. She writes about travel, gastronomy, politics and culture. She advocates for the Palestinian cause wherever she goes and is a third generation Palestinian refugee displaced from the town of Ein Karem in West Jerusalem. Here she is with a short essay on the realities of being a Palestinian travel writer.
In 2023, I got my debut into the travel writing world: a commission for Lonely Planet’s 11th edition of the Israel ...

From the West Bank, Lama Obeid shares a lyrical recipe for the Palestinian dish Fatteh Adas against the backdrop of the genocide
By Lama Obeid
Commissioned by Molly Lipson
Most days we feel helpless while trying to remain hopeful. We watch as Israelis attack food aid trucks at the Karam Abu Salem border. We watch them stomp on the food, making it inedible. We watch them show their children how to do the same. Meanwhile, our children, the children of Gaza, are dying of famine imposed by the Is...

An essay for the Lonely Planet guidebook talking about the culture of olive oil and olive trees in Palestine and the socio-economic people get from it.

Lama Obeid
Ramadan Kareem à toutes et à tous !
Voyager dans des pays où le Ramadan est observé peut être une expérience intéressante et enrichissante si vous savez à quoi vous attendre. Suivez nos conseils si vous avez décidé de vous balader dans des pays à majorité musulmane pendant le Ramadan.
Le Ramadan, c’est quoi ?
Pendant le mois du Ramadan, les Musulmans sont encouragés à devenir plus spirituels en se concentrant sur l’altruisme, la générosité, la prière et la lecture du Coran. Pour se...

For most people, the word 'flour' has little meaning. It's a staple, we can get it anytime and anywhere. However, in Gaza, it's now a luxury. At the time of writing, a bag of flour costs up to 2500 to 3000 ILS ($700) in the Gaza Strip.

For the past few months, Israel has been starving Gazans to death. Flour is now a matter of survival. Travelling to the south of Gaza — where 1.3 million Gazans shelter — is a deadly shopping trip, and getting flour from an aid truck makes you a live target for...

Saudi national dishes

Ramadan Kareem fellow travelers!

Traveling to places where Ramadan is observed can be an enriching and interesting experience, especially when you know what to expect. Here's our guide to visiting Muslim-majority countries during the month of Ramadan.

What is Ramadan and why do people observe it?

Ramadan is a month where Muslim people are encouraged to become more spiritual by focusing on charity, prayers and reading the Quran (the holy book of Islam). To focus on the spiritual side, people o...

Yalla! Let's Eat: Palestinian food is having a moment, and where better to try it than Palestine itself? In a whistle-stop tour, The New Arab rundowns some of the country's favourite eats, and where best to find them.
Palestine is world-renowned for its cuisine. Join us on a journey through Palestine where we'll give you a rundown of some of the most popular Palestinian dishes and the best spots to find them in the West Bank.
The first to try is, of course, Maqlouba. Translating to "upside-do...

الأعمال الكتابية
مللت، خلص، أخرجوا من رأسي، طفح الكيل، لقد تجاوزتم حدّكم.
اخرسوا، لا أريد أن أسمع أكاذيبكم وهي تخرج من أفواهكم. أفواهكم المحكومة. محكومة بالغباء. رؤوسكم المغسولة التي لم يبق فيها شيء سوى اللا منطق. تقولون أنكم في خدمة الشعب والشعب يشكو منكم. تتخلصون من الذي يشكي. تقولون انكم لم تتلقوا أي شكاوى. لا تسمعون سوى صوت الأبواق، تدعوكم لبيع أنفسكم.
لن تنزل الرواتب هذا الشهر. فيبيع كل ضعيف القلب نفسه. ليس هناك إمكانية دفع الرواتب. الدول المانحة فقط تدعم مشاريع ضخمة مثل ترميم شوارع رام ...

A personal essay in Arabic on the path I chose to follow

A piece I have wrote in Arabic speaking out against violence against women