Khaled Abou Alfa
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Khaled Abou Alfa
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Father. Husband. Chartered Engineer.
Associate Principal at www.arup.com
I write about the built environment at www.stet.li
My personal site is over at www.kaa.bz
#freepalestine 🇵🇸
Been doing some much needed maintenance on the Stet website. The biggest change is now the digital version of the Built Environment Compendium Vol.1 is now available free^[Kindle Note].

This is all prepping up for the return of the news... https://www.kaa.bz/2026/01/19/been-doing-some-much-needed/
January 20, 2026 at 12:32 AM
📚Finished reading: Mundo Mendo by Luis Mendo. This was such a treat to start the new year on. Its the perfect book to read on a commute and I can’t wait for the next volume. It’s also definitely inspired me to collect my own writing and art into tiny little books.
January 10, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Finch West LRT. Spent a considerable number of hours these last few years on this one. Plenty of anguish but glad Ryan made me make the pilgrimage to this line.
January 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I just sat there with Zane to do a simple art session. I said I was going to draw a face and he was going to draw a blob face. We just ran from there and kept going.

"Inspiration exists, it just needs to find you working."
January 6, 2026 at 11:52 AM
January reading pile.
January 2, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Last of these photos sadly. This is Lebanese spaghetti - usually comes with pine nuts which my mother forgot this time. Instantly took me and my brother back to our home in Athens.
December 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Kibeh Bil Labban. Haven’t had this in nearly a decade..who knows, maybe more?
December 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
🇱🇧 Kibeh and Tarator. I could eat these at every meal.
December 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Tabouleh (Saida style). Every region does it slightly differently. The little twist here is the inclusion of cucumbers.
December 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🇱🇧 Hindbeh (dandelion greens). A-May-Zing.
December 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The dish fully cooked. Warak Inab.
December 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My absolute favourite dish in the entire world. A triumph of any cuisine.
December 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
December 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🎄 Merry Christmas everyone!
December 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A pretty elegant Christmas tree.
December 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🇱🇧 Chicken Masala pizza. The kinda thing you will only find here - at my brother-in-law’s sourdough bakery.
December 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🇱🇧 A new variation on Manaeesh that I’ve never tried before. Grish Ebn Albalad.
December 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🇱🇧 Mediterranean skies.
December 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🇱🇧 Fasoulia.
December 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🇱🇧 Kunafeh.
December 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We went bowling today for the first time. They made me play with a handicap (using the smallest bowling ball) after my two strikes.
December 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
🇱🇧 Mougrabieh.
December 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🇱🇧 Pomegranate, rose water, clementines and lemons.
December 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🇱🇧 Even the veggies taste more vibrant.
December 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🇱🇧 Manoushi.
December 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM