Topic: South America

The halal soul of Amsterdam’s food scene

Forget stroopwafels and frites, Indonesian and Surinamese specialities are the best things you can eat in the Netherlands

Zaynab Asaadi
Cardamom: all hail the queen of spices

Buns and biryani wouldn’t be the same without this aromatic ingredient

Samir Jeraj
A journey through South America’s lost Islamic history

Football, tacos and a Copacabana cathedral have all been influenced by Muslim culture, as travel writer Shafik Meghji discovered

Shafik Meghji

Chilli: the people’s pepper

Now its fiery flavour is loved around the world, but the spice initially failed to set affluent palates alight and was, instead, embraced by the working class

Samir Jeraj

The halal soul of Amsterdam’s food scene