Hiba Najem
Fatayer bi Banadoura – Full of Tomatoes

Fatayer bi Banadoura is part of a series of culinary performances shedding light on forgotten or unknown rural dishes. For the second dish of this series, I chose a pastry exclusive to her mother’s village, Beit Chabeb. It is Fatayer bi Banadoura (Tomato pastries).

After going through the recipe with some of the women of my village, holding long discussions and also researching the history of tomatoes, the performance will walk us into the road of love, toxicity, and death.

Together with the audience, we will be making those fatayer and celebrating life and death.

Credits
Concept, Text and Performance: Hiba Najem
Thanks to Sawsan Bou Khaled and Lynn Najm

Participatory Theatrical Culinary Performance / Work in Progress / 40 min / Arabic
This performance is dedicated to every woman who shared not only a recipe but also a personal revelation around a baking session in Beit Chabeb.