Food
Basics
•Common staples include figs, dates, oranges, apricots, olives, onions, tomatoes, lamb, chicken, chilies, cayenne pepper, saffron, chickpeas, mint, cilantro and parsley
•A thick highly-spiced soup, called Shorba Arabiya is popular •Cuisine is a fusion between Italian, Bedouin and traditional Arab culinary traditions |
Limoonada drink
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Pork is not allowed to be consumed
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Limitations
•Pork consumption is forbidden in accordance with Sharia, religious laws of Islam
•All Alcoholic drinks have been outlawed in Libya since 1969 •Blood and its by-products are forbidden in Libya •Animals have to be slaughtered in a special way to be allowed to eat |
No alcohol is allowed in Libya
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