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Invite to Middle
a a ta r
Eastern Fare
Fine Lebanese C uisine
Family brings cooking
experience and quality
it o d i an my
affair for the
operation o f
‘Zaatar Fine
Lebanese
Cuisine’ in the
Pearl District.
Pictured are
owner Andre
Karam and his
daughter, Joel
Karam.
From a fam ily o f innovators and entrepreneurs o f four successful
dining establishm ents over 28 years in Portland’s “Zaatar” restaurant
prepares delicious, high-quality, fresh, and nutritious Lebanese food,
widely recognized as the best food from the M iddle East.
Located at 1037 NW Flanders St in the Pearl District, Zaatar offers
food its distinct tastes and flavors for dine-in, take-out. Head Chef
Emelin Karam imm igrated to the United States in 1983 and brings her
experience o f preparing food in a high quality and flavorful manner.
Service is the highest priority for Zaatar, including quality ingredients
and friendly custom er experiences.
Zaatar is the name for a family o f herbs com m only found in the
M iddle East. This medley o f herbs and spices is typically used in
M editerranean cuisine and is highly popular throughout the Middle
East. A com m on belief among the people in the Eastern M editerra
nean is that zaatar makes the mind alert and the body strong.
In addition to the delicious Lebanese entrees and appetizers, the
restaurant’s desert case is stocked with fresh baked Middle Eastern
and European desserts and pastries made by the Zaatar restaurant
family.
Z aatar’s offers daily specialty entrees, soups, and appetizers.
There is also Sunday brunch served from noon to 5 p.m. and
providing a traditional Lebanese style fam ily gathering for your dining
pleasure.
Y ou’re invited to come hungry, eat well with fam ily and friends,
and leave satisfied. Give them a call at 503-477-8237.
photo by T ony
W ashington /
T he P ortland
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Avalon Flowers
Cori Stewart—
Owner, Operator
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roles as soldiers and healers, Col.
David Rabb and his team of thera
pists are equipped with a wide arse
nal of psychological techniques.
The documentary moves between
the battle zone and the home front,
offering a rarely seen glimpse of
heated debates within the field of
psychology over diagnosis and
treatment of combat conditions and
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the limits of using categories such
as post-traumatic stress disorder to
capture the psychological impacts
of warfare (50 minutes.)
Haaken will be in attendance for
a Q and A after the screening.
The evening program also in
cludes the screening o f “M end
ing the L ine,” a film that tells the
story o f a W orld W ar II veteran
and directed by John W aller (40
m inutes).
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