Dinah Beydoun Elmars writes from the crossroads, where South African soil meets Lebanese stone, where memory is measured in cardamom and stories rise with the scent of warm bread.

 

A former educator and psychologist, she spent over thirty years listening for the truths between words. Now based in Padova, Italy, she is in a season of joyful renewal. She spends her days learning Italian, wandering cobbled streets, and writing stories that feed the soul.

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She is a mother to two extraordinary sons in London, her greatest joy and strength. Her work is a gift to them, and to the grandchildren she she hopes to know.

 

She is a reader, a daydreamer, a keeper of recipes and quiet rebellions.

 

Through Fabled Feasts, her literary series blending memoir, myth, and Levantine cuisine, she preserves what refuses to be forgotten.

 

She believes every dish is a story. And every story, a way home.