Dania Roumieh loves maamoul so much she wrote a short story about it. Antoinette Nader wants to display the moulds used to make it in her home. And Elias Jahshan’s mother sends him a home-baked care package every year.
Maamoul is a semolina-based biscuit stuffed with a variety of fillings – usually dates, pistachios or walnuts – often dusted with icing sugar. It’s served in many Levantine cultures around the festive seasons – including Easter or Eid al-Fitr, which fall just two weeks apart this year.
