Jordan: Refugee women get together to make Eid pastry for needy families

Jordan: Refugee women get together to make Eid pastry for needy families

The women are refugees from Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan and Somalia, as well as local Jordanians, and they have gathered to make ma'amoul – a traditional shortbread pastry that is consumed across the Arab world during Eid celebrations to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan.