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Lebanese influencer prepares classic Cuban food recipes

He made delicious ropavieja, rice with black beans and fried plantains. Watch the video and find out what music he was cooking to.


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Thetiktoker lebaneseAbir Saghir, known as "Disney's Arab princess" who makes typical foods from different countries, shared classic Cuban food recipes with her followers.

Abeer Al-Saghir is ainfluencer 23 years old who succeeds on Tik Tok. His popularity on social networks is due to the elegance of his videos in which he shows how he makes typical foods from different regions of the world.

The content he shares on the Internet has millions of visits. Some of his regular followers began to demand that he docuban food and this weekend he obliged.

Cuban food / Instagram Abir Saghir

The menu chosen by the young woman was one of the best known in Cuban gastronomy, composed ofWhite rice, black beans, old clothes andfried ripe plantains.

One of the characteristics of Abir's videos is that he usually uses typical music from the countries whose food he makes, to inspire his creation.

In the Cuban case, the Lebanese woman chose a song by the troubadourSilvio Rodriguez, nothing more and nothing less than "I wish."

Beef for old clothes / Instagram Abir Saghir

Some have interpreted the musical choice as a curious form oflebanese humor, because in the videos he is seen using a cut of beef that "I wish" in the midst of the perennial food crisis that the country is experiencing, a Cuban could cook it, not for a traditional dish, but to eat for several days.

Most of theCubans cannot make traditional recipes, because the crisis in the country forces people to survive, eating and cooking what they get every day.

The ingredients that the Lebanese woman used in these recipes are in Cuba at a very high price, which is beyond the means of many workers. Some foods can only be purchased in stores in freely convertible currency (MLC), such asbeef case.

Most of the dishes that Abir shows on his social networks, despite being typical recipes, end up being dazzling due to their unique and striking presentation that distances them from the ordinary and everyday.

The young woman films the videos on her personal phone, edits them and then publishes them on her social networks, respecting the characteristics that each of them has.Tik Tok It gave him fame in a short time due to the high quantity of his preparations.

"I like to be in my kitchen and use my things, and of course I'm alone, so I can organize my thoughts and not get distracted," she commented in oneinterview.

She always tries to coordinate the dress she wears, the dish she makes, the music and her movements. "I'm very happy that people are noticing the details and commenting on them," he said.

The defense of gastronomy, asexpression of culture and intangible heritage, has allowed him to conquer a space in the competitive world of social networks, particularly those specialized in cooking.

"I am in another world, so I wanted to take people with me to my world," Abir said and perhaps without intending to, he captured his followers by that magical thread that unites the stomach, the heart and the brain.

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Gretchen Sanchez

Branded Content Writer at CiberCuba. Doctor in Sciences from the University of Alicante and Graduate in Sociocultural Studies.


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