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Against a dark background, a bright, white light-up sign reads ‘we keep it halal’ in cursive. Beside the sign is a Palestinian flag.
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Climb the mountain of flavours at Karakoram

Yasmin Hassan October 24, 2024

On a quiet Thursday evening in October, I found myself walking the streets of a humble Fraserview Vancouver neighborhood. In the midst of this unassuming area, warm orange and yellow-ish lights peered through large windows belonging to what used to be a kebab shop, luring me in without a word. Karakoram — a name derived from the mountain range in between Central and South Asia — is a restaurant offering traditional Pakistani dishes and flavour, opening late and closing even later, from 4:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. This is home cooking reimagined in a fine dining restaurant. I grew up…

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SFU students and alumnus create app for locating halal eateries

Amal Javed Abdullah July 4, 2018

SFU student Mostafa Azarbar has co-created an app for locating and organizing halal food services in Metro Vancouver with two SFU students and others. HalalMe, a mobile app launched in early June, helps people who consume halal food locate eateries…

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