• Twenty-four-year-old Sudanese refugee Albakir Abbas Ishag poses for a photograph inside his shelter in the Koufroun refugee camp. All photos AFP
    Twenty-four-year-old Sudanese refugee Albakir Abbas Ishag poses for a photograph inside his shelter in the Koufroun refugee camp. All photos AFP
  • Chad is home to the largest number of Sudanese refugees, nearly a million
    Chad is home to the largest number of Sudanese refugees, nearly a million
  • Twenty-five-year-old Sudanese refugee and nurse Najad Suliman Naji
    Twenty-five-year-old Sudanese refugee and nurse Najad Suliman Naji
  • Sixty-five-year-old Sudanese refugee Fatima Kamoun Adam puts her shelter in order in the Adre refugee camp
    Sixty-five-year-old Sudanese refugee Fatima Kamoun Adam puts her shelter in order in the Adre refugee camp
  • Fifty-six-year-old Sudanese refugee Hada Ishag Fadalah. In a year since the conflict in Sudan started between two rival factions of the military government, more than 571,000 have rushed there on foot or by mule, adding to more than 400,000 compatriots who fled the previous Darfur war since 2003
    Fifty-six-year-old Sudanese refugee Hada Ishag Fadalah. In a year since the conflict in Sudan started between two rival factions of the military government, more than 571,000 have rushed there on foot or by mule, adding to more than 400,000 compatriots who fled the previous Darfur war since 2003
  • 45-year-old Sudanese refugee Fatima Ibrahim Adam poses for a photograph next to her shelter in the Koufroun refugee camp, on April 9, 2024. Chad is home to the largest number of Sudanese refugees, nearly a million. In a year since the conflict in Sudan started between two rival factions of the military government, more than 571,000 have rushed there on foot or by mule, adding to more than 400,000 compatriots who fled the previous Darfur war since 2003. (Photo by Joris Bolomey / AFP)
    45-year-old Sudanese refugee Fatima Ibrahim Adam poses for a photograph next to her shelter in the Koufroun refugee camp, on April 9, 2024. Chad is home to the largest number of Sudanese refugees, nearly a million. In a year since the conflict in Sudan started between two rival factions of the military government, more than 571,000 have rushed there on foot or by mule, adding to more than 400,000 compatriots who fled the previous Darfur war since 2003. (Photo by Joris Bolomey / AFP)
  • Twenty-three-year-old Sudanese refugee and student Asha Mohamat Mousa weaves a dish with plastic threads inside her shelter in the Tongori refugee camp
    Twenty-three-year-old Sudanese refugee and student Asha Mohamat Mousa weaves a dish with plastic threads inside her shelter in the Tongori refugee camp
  • Thirty-four-year-old Sudanese refugee Halima Mahamat Abakar sits inside her shelter in the Adre refugee camp
    Thirty-four-year-old Sudanese refugee Halima Mahamat Abakar sits inside her shelter in the Adre refugee camp
  • Forty-year-old Hamra Ibrahim Hamed, left, with her three children in front of their shelter in the Farchana refugee camp
    Forty-year-old Hamra Ibrahim Hamed, left, with her three children in front of their shelter in the Farchana refugee camp
  • Thirty-three-year-old Sudanese refugee Maka Abdulrhaman sits in front of the shelter she built in the Farchana refugee camp
    Thirty-three-year-old Sudanese refugee Maka Abdulrhaman sits in front of the shelter she built in the Farchana refugee camp
  • A Sudanese refugee poses for a photo with some of her belongings in the Farchana refugee camp
    A Sudanese refugee poses for a photo with some of her belongings in the Farchana refugee camp
  • Thirty-six-year-old Sudanese refugee and teacher Abdulrachid Adam Mohammed gives Arabic lessons at the Al Tadamoun school in the Farchana refugee camp
    Thirty-six-year-old Sudanese refugee and teacher Abdulrachid Adam Mohammed gives Arabic lessons at the Al Tadamoun school in the Farchana refugee camp
  • Sudanese refugees in the Farchana refugee camp
    Sudanese refugees in the Farchana refugee camp
  • A young Sudanese refugee reacts while playing inside a shelter under construction in the Farchana refugee camp
    A young Sudanese refugee reacts while playing inside a shelter under construction in the Farchana refugee camp
  • Twenty-six-year-old Sudanese refugee Hamra Adam Mohammed inside the shelter she built in the Farchana refugee camp
    Twenty-six-year-old Sudanese refugee Hamra Adam Mohammed inside the shelter she built in the Farchana refugee camp
  • Two young Sudanese refugees in the Farchana refugee camp
    Two young Sudanese refugees in the Farchana refugee camp
  • Forty-three-year-old Sudanese refugee Mona Ahmed Rizig
    Forty-three-year-old Sudanese refugee Mona Ahmed Rizig
  • Sudanese refugees gather to fill cans with water from a water point
    Sudanese refugees gather to fill cans with water from a water point
  • Thirty-six-year-old doctor and Sudanese refugee Yassin Ishag Dawod gets an intravenous drip ready while attending a patient in the Farchana refugee camp
    Thirty-six-year-old doctor and Sudanese refugee Yassin Ishag Dawod gets an intravenous drip ready while attending a patient in the Farchana refugee camp
  • Refugees push logs into a brick oven in Adre
    Refugees push logs into a brick oven in Adre
  • A man walks in the market of the Adre refugee camp
    A man walks in the market of the Adre refugee camp

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Portraits of Sudanese refugees who fled to Chad

A year after the start of the war, photographs show some of the nearly one million people from Sudan now living in refugee camps in Chad

The National

April 14, 2024

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What is Folia?

Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal's new plant-based menu will launch at Four Seasons hotels in Dubai this November. A desire to cater to people looking for clean, healthy meals beyond green salad is what inspired Prince Khaled and American celebrity chef Matthew Kenney to create Folia. The word means "from the leaves" in Latin, and the exclusive menu offers fine plant-based cuisine across Four Seasons properties in Los Angeles, Bahrain and, soon, Dubai.

Kenney specialises in vegan cuisine and is the founder of Plant Food Wine and 20 other restaurants worldwide. "I’ve always appreciated Matthew’s work," says the Saudi royal. "He has a singular culinary talent and his approach to plant-based dining is prescient and unrivalled. I was a fan of his long before we established our professional relationship."

Folia first launched at The Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills in July 2018. It is available at the poolside Cabana Restaurant and for in-room dining across the property, as well as in its private event space. The food is vibrant and colourful, full of fresh dishes such as the hearts of palm ceviche with California fruit, vegetables and edible flowers; green hearb tacos filled with roasted squash and king oyster barbacoa; and a savoury coconut cream pie with macadamia crust.

In March 2019, the Folia menu reached Gulf shores, as it was introduced at the Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay, where it is served at the Bay View Lounge. Next, on Tuesday, November 1 – also known as World Vegan Day – it will come to the UAE, to the Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach and the Four Seasons DIFC, both properties Prince Khaled has spent "considerable time at and love". 

There are also plans to take Folia to several more locations throughout the Middle East and Europe.

While health-conscious diners will be attracted to the concept, Prince Khaled is careful to stress Folia is "not meant for a specific subset of customers. It is meant for everyone who wants a culinary experience without the negative impact that eating out so often comes with."

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Updated: April 15, 2024, 3:38 AM
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