Habibi Friends
(My Love, Food for Sharing)
Food you eat with your hands, pass around the table, and finish together. Mediterranean mezze where every dish is an invitation. Pull up a chair. You are the habibi now.
The Word Behind the Dish
Why Habibi?
Habibi (ุญุจูุจู), Arabic. "My beloved." My darling. My dear one.
Used for a lover, a friend, a child, a stranger you want to greet with warmth. In the Middle East, habibi is everywhere, it crosses every border, every religion, every conflict.
In Israel, both Arabs and Jews say habibi to each other. It is a word of love that survived everything. At a checkpoint, in a market, in a kitchen, habibi travels freely when people cannot.
At OyPizza, the Habibi table is food with that same spirit. Shared plates. Open hands. No strangers.
Used for a lover, a friend, a child, a stranger you want to greet with warmth. In the Middle East, habibi is everywhere, it crosses every border, every religion, every conflict.
In Israel, both Arabs and Jews say habibi to each other. It is a word of love that survived everything. At a checkpoint, in a market, in a kitchen, habibi travels freely when people cannot.
At OyPizza, the Habibi table is food with that same spirit. Shared plates. Open hands. No strangers.
๐ Arabic, ุญุจูุจู
๐ค Shared by all
๐ซ Eat with hands
๐ No strangers here