Acknowledgement of Country

Dharug

Bayadyinyang budyari Dharug yiyura Dharug Ngurra.
Bayady’u budyari Dharug Warunggadgu baranyiin barribugu.
Bayady’u budyari wagulgu yiyuragu Ngurra bimalgu Blacktown City. Flannel flowers dyurali bulbuwul.
Yanmannyang mudayi Dharug Ngurrawa. Walama ngyini budbud dali Dharug Ngurra Dharug yiyura baranyiin barribugu.

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English

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this Land, the Dharug people, and their continued connection to Country.
We pay our respects to Elders from yesterday to tomorrow.
We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Blacktown City where the flannel flowers still grow proud and strong.
We will walk softly on this land and open our hearts to Country as the Dharug people have for tens of thousands of years.

Credit to: Dharug woman Rhiannon Wright, daughter of Leanne ‘Mulgo’ Watson Redpath and granddaughter of Aunty Edna Watson

Cooking workshop with Dayaa School and Kitchen

Join us for a morning of cooking, snacking and storytelling with Siham and Justine of Dayaa School and Kitchen.

Learn to make a Lebanese dish while engaging with the history and context of its ingredients in this interactive workshop.

Dayaa School and Kitchen is a cooking school devoted to reviving ancestral Lebanese recipes that are being lost with displacement. ‘Dayaa’ means ‘village’ in Arabic, and through these classes, they weave history, hands-on learning, and the joy of gathering.

The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
Saturday 16 August
11.00 am to 1.00 pm
Cost: $10 + booking fee
All materials provided.
Limited capacity, booking essential

Do you have any dietary requirements? Please let us know when booking tickets.

Book here

Bio

Founded by Justine Youssef and her mother Siham Chamoun (Sahtein Lebanese Feasts)—is a cooking school devoted to reviving ancestral Lebanese recipes that are being lost with displacement. Dayaa means village in Arabic, and through these classes, they weave history, hands-on learning, and the joy of gathering. The school is based on Dharug Country in Sydney, Australia where First Nations sovereignty never ceded.

You can find Dayaa School and Kitchen on Instagram here

This project is presented by Blacktown Arts and supported by Blacktown City Council.

 

Image Credits:

Dayaa School and Kitchen workshop at Parramatta Artist Studios, 2025, courtesy of artist
Dayaa School and Kitchen, 2024, courtesy of artist

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