Religious Leaders Gather At 'Dialogue Dinner'
DURHAM, N.C. Religious leaders from across the Triangle ate dinner together and talked about ways to work and live together in harmony. (Read more)
Christians, Muslims, Jews break bread
Breaking bread together fosters conversation, hence the 2nd annual
Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Monday night at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel
in Durham. The event, organized by the Divan Cultural Center,
brought together about 100 Christians, Muslims and Jews to get to know
each other over a meal and hear what others say about opening doors and
building bridges between faiths. (Read more)
Comfort zone: Food and memories of home
Meat loaf, spaghetti, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese. Classic American
foods, the stuff that reminds us of home, of childhood. But if "home"
is Shanghai or Ankara or Oaxaca or Mumbai, your go-to comfort foods are
bound to be a bit different. A few of Cary's farthest-from-home
residents have shared their food memories from their native countries. (Read more)
Turkish delight: Togetherness
Families across Turkey gathered in recent days for a Muslim holiday
that brings together generations to celebrate with food and
gifts.Thousands of miles away in the Triangle, a few hundred Turkish
and Turkish-American residents of North Carolina gathered as their own
extended family in their adopted country. (Read more)
Divan Cultural Center: An ever-widening circle of friends
Shortly after 6:30 on a recent Sunday evening, Kenan Yilmaz picked up a
microphone at the Divan Cultural Center in Cary and called his fellow
Muslims to prayer. The day over, the sun set, the group gathered at the
center prepared to break their Ramadan fast with a veritable feast of
pilav (rice), sarma (stuffed grape leaves), hummus and baklava. (Read more)