Sahten – The SkatePal Cookbook
Sahten paints a picture of the current skateboarding scene in Palestine, told in the form of a cookbook.
SkatePal is a non-profit organization that has been supporting communities throughout Palestine since 2013, promoting the social, health and wellbeing benefits of skateboarding to enhance the lives of local young people.
‘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.
The cookbook includes recipes that have been collected from various figures in Palestine’s skateboarding community, supplemented by a couple of recipes from shop owners, local heroes, past volunteers, and even by Palestine’s own international master chef, Sami Tamimi.
Each dish has been illustrated by Palestinian-Canadian animator Noor Abouseido, and colored in by young skaters in Palestine and the Palestinian diaspora in Canada.
Alongside the recipes, you’ll 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. The cookbook was lovingly edited by Tom Bird.
Shaten is now available for pre-order and will begin shipping on December 1st. All proceeds from the book will help support SkatePal’s continued work in Palestine.
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