Yasser Abdel Latif
Yasser Abdel Latif Born in Cairo 1969. He obtained a degree in philosophy from Cairo University in 1994.
He worked as a journalist for the Egyptian T.V. and the Spanish News Agency until 2009, when he moved to Edmonton, Canada, to pursue his career as a freelance writer and translator.
He published 5 books of fiction, 4 books of poetry, and many articles on cultural history in different magazines and websites. He also translated literary classics from French and English into Arabic, including works by Balzac, Émile Zola, and Truman Capote.
Spring onions have religious symbolic value inherited from Pharaonic mythology. They are an essential element in the celebration of the Shemu feast, which comes the Monday after the Coptic Easter. On this spring festival, fermented, salted mullet fish is served with spring onion. Fish in such a state alludes to death and mummification, while green onions symbolize revitalization and growth. In this Egyptian Holy Week, pharaonic beliefs merge with eastern Christianity. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are reflected in the mirrors of the Ancient Egyptian trinity of Isis, Osiris, and their son Horus.
— Egyptian Cuisine: Historical and Geographical Features, Beyond the Food Court