SkatePal – Sahten Cookbook

‘Sah-ten’ translates roughly from Arabic to ‘two healths’. It’s a phrase frequently used in Palestine when food is placed on the table. A bit like bon appetit.

Sahten paints a picture of the current skateboarding scene in Palestine, told in the form of a cookbook. Included recipes have been collected from various figures in Palestines skateboarding community, supplemented by a couple of recipes from shop owners, local heroes, past volunteers, and even by Palestines own international master chef, Sami Tamimi.

Each dish has been illustrated by Palestinian-Canadian animator Noor Abouseido, and coloured in by young skaters in Palestine and the Palestinian diaspora in Canada.

Alongside the recipes, youll find interviews with local and international skaters, a yoga sequence to help ease any skate-related aches and pains, and various other features, all peppered with photography collected over the years.

Edited by Tom Bird.

All proceeds from the book will help support SkatePal’s continued work in Palestine.

Contributors:

Amr & Mhaned (Al Amad & Sons)

Abu Ali Sawalma

Jess & Meg (What The Fattoush)

Izzeldin Bukhari (Sacred Cuisine)

Moath & Nada Qashoo (Mini Hiba)

Abood Barhan

Sami Tamimi

Aram & Sorida Sabbah

Yasmeen & Suha Foqha (Palestinian Youth Club)

Tessa Fox

Diana Musa

Josh Sutton

Em Hamadneh

Malak Battatt

Tayseer Hamadneh