Sugar & Spice

A Cup of Coffee With

Check out our news this month, including coverage of our Mind, Body & Soul II retreat!

Desperate Dieter Sonia Salfity calls on us to leave our toxic diet culture behind and pursue actual health and our dreams.

Divine Perspectives writers Noor Sa’adeh and Sonia Salfity expose some of the most commonly used and abused words in our daily lingo.

Recipe for Success

Anesthesiologist Dr Feras Hamati advises patients to quit smoking at least four to six weeks before surgery since the statistics are alarming – smokers are 38% more likely to die after major surgeries than non-smokers.

Men’s Health Week 2019 runs from 10-16 June so we ask Dr Yaman Tal, Consultant Urological Surgeon and Consultant in Sexual Medicine about Erectile Dysfunction and we touch on mental health services available in Jordan.

Our experts inspire us to live our best lives yet from identifying and following our dreams (International Consultant and Trainer Dr Tareq Rasheed) to overcoming phobias (Clinical Psychologist Haneen Mas’oud).

Relationships and Couples Therapist Mariam Hakim sheds light on a facet of emotional abuse that often goes undetected: gaslighting.

Beauty Blogger Rama Zoughali preps us for summer with hair care essentials while Sheela Sheth unpacks the health, beauty and culinary benefits of chives.

We celebrate fatherhood with Photographer Anastasia Casey capturing images of a father-son duo: Aymen ‘Azzam and his 14-year-old son Mohammad, who are partners in life and in clay!

Society tends to regulate a father’s role to breadwinner during the week and playful baba on Fridays. However, Educational Psychologist Dina Halaseh explains what it takes to be that special baba we see gracing our covers and attending Al Marji’ Publications’ parenting workshops

After featuring Sara As’ad months ago before she set out to Mount Kilimanjaro (the highest mountain in Africa), we catch up with her to see how far she’s come – on her climb and for her cause: Accessible Jordan.

Savoury Treats

Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Nephrologist Dr Kamal ‘Akl alerts us to the “salty truth” as parents unknowingly feed their children food containing too much salt.

The Royal Health Awareness Society (RHAS), who are leading youth efforts to raise awareness to combat drug use and addiction in Jordan, offer tips on how to talk to teens about drugs.

Luma Jamjoum, Life Coach and Career Coach for People with Disabilities, encourages fathers’ engaged participation in their children’s lives from the onset. She says it brings much needed relief, emotional security and self-control to their child with special needs and is a huge support for the mother as well.

Do you know which sport is best for your child? Children’s Physiotherapist Tamara Jalajel helps us answer that as she stresses the importance of sport in a child’s overall development: social, behavioural and academic.

Sugar & Spice

Our young fashionistas, styled by Rola Hamdan and photographed by Anastasia Casey, explore their cultural roots at the newly opened Jordan River Designs showroom this month.

Then, from hiking and beekeeping in Um Qais to Badminton in Amman, Family Flavours’ June edition is all about busting summer boredom as a family.

Little Chefs

Razan Rousan’s fun, healthy snacks make summer gatherings all the more enjoyable with the kids. Don’t miss out on her sandy pudding!

From “Darling” to “Purple Skies”, Maya Talhouni and Thomas Savage speak out about their newly released album Unthinkable.

Home & Birthday Delight

We’re having a fruity summer! Food Blogger Banan Gharaibeh whips up an apricot and pistachio cake while Chef Majida Makhamreh Nasrawi sweetens our summer with scrumptious apple chips, a refreshing apple salad and apple pie!

Food Blogger Lara Abdulhadi gives us a taste of Mexican flavours with sensational tacos.

This month, we visit the Qarqash family where Suzan Masri shows us how to prepare Nabulsi white cheese, along with Nabulsi cheese-inspired recipes she picked up from her mother-in-law Rehab ‘Akkad.

Agricultural Engineer Amal Qaimari shows us how to take care of plants with fertilisers.

The Pantry

Alison Stoody and Fajer Abu Zayed share a common passion: Travel. It’s what brought them together, and 30 countries later, it’s what keeps them together!

We shed light on the plight of orphans in Jordan with this interactive website

http://albedaya.org.

On the lighter side, Beauty Blogger Rama Zoughali brings out our personality through our choice of head accessories.