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Chef Yahia Kamal started selling his dips and spreads around Kansas City in 2004. When Kamal opened his Palestinian American delicatessen in July 2021, his children saw an opportunity to embrace their family's food and history.
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The final evacuation flight brought to a close the longest war in U.S. history. The withdrawal leaves the future of Afghanistan in disarray and uncertainty under renewed Taliban rule.
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An Islamic State affiliate says it was behind the attacks that killed at least 13 U.S. service members and dozens of Afghans. Here's what we know right now.
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Palestinians in St. Louis are watching with anger and dismay as Israeli military forces continue to bomb homes and businesses in Gaza, East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
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Segment 1: What are the big housing and development stories in Kansas City right now?The guiding question for KCUR's reporters headed into 2020 is: Where…
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Segment 1: Former ambassador to the U.N., Israel, Jordan and Russia critiqued American foreign policy in the Middle East.President Trump took a new route…
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Segment 1: The seasonal nature of honey. Like wine, honey a product of the world around it -- weather, region, time of year all impact the crop. Today, we…
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Kansas City author Adib Khorram talks about his new buzz-generating novel for young adults, Darius The Great Is Not Okay. It turns out, Khorram has a lot…
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It's okay not to be okay. That's the essential message of a new book for young adult readers by Kansas City author Adib Khorram.Darius The Great is Not…
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It's a stormy summer afternoon in Columbia, Missouri, when the writer Ibtisam Barakat arrives at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute for a book group…
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Segment 1: A Lebanese dinner at the Kemper Museum and a new tortilleria in the East Bottoms.We talk with a chef whose Midwestern childhood and Lebanese…
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Bonnie Bolling remembers when she first stepped on Middle Eastern soil. A writer, Bolling was in an airport in Dubai and the call to prayer came over the…