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PEOPLE & CULTURE
make hummus not war
Filmmaker Trevor Graham is an Australian hummus tragic. Every week in his Bondi
Beach home he obsessively observes the hummus making ritual – mashing
chickpeas, lemon juice, garlic and tahini, with just a touch of cumin. But when the
Hummus War erupted in the Middle East in 2008, amongst the usual suspects:
Israel, Lebanon, and Palestine, Graham was intrigued and hungry for more. He’s
a masher, not a fighter, though, and this is a perfect opportunity to unite
Arab-Israeli enemies under the unifying banner of good food!
Make Hummus Not War is a humorous homage to the chickpea’s most Definition Episodes
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distinguished dish. But there’s a personal story within the story, how Graham Producer YOP
became a hummus tragic – a father who served as a soldier in Palestine during Yarra Bank Films 2012
World War II – and two lovers in his life: one Egyptian, one Jewish, with whom he
shared a great culinary passion.
