This recipe is from 'Kan Ya Ma Kan: Folktales and Recipes of Syria and Its Ethnic Groups', by Muna Imady.  It's published by 'Beloved Syria'  with the permission of Muna's mother Elaine Imady.
Muna pointed out that the recipe comes from Deir Ez Zor. As explained in the book:
The city of Deir ez Zor, like Raqqa, stands on the shores of the...
Published by Beloved Syria with the permission of the author.
'A Child in Damascus' was first published in SYRIA through writers' eyes, Edited by Marius Kociejowski (Eland Publishing Ltd, 2010)
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