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Levantine food consisting of dough topped with thyme, cheese, or ground meat. Traditionally, women would bake dough in a communal oven in the morning, to provide their family with their daily bread needs, and would prepare smaller portions of dough with different toppings for breakfast at this time. Manakish are popular across the Levant, and can also be found in neighboring regions, and centers of Levantine emigration. Za’atar is occasionally added to cheese manakish to enhance its flavor. Manakish topped with lamb are served for lunch due to their heavier contents.

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