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# A Traditional Afghan Meal with Lidia
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/lidia-celebrates-america/extras/traditional-afghan-meal-lidia-vjuqoz/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:52:41.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T08:46:19.000Z
- Description: Lidia shares an Afghan meal with a refugee who risked his life to help the US Military.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Lidia Celebrates America, #ZZZ_Show_73725357-5345-4d91-b1dc-7769ddf28616, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_17f22454-b937-45e7-8052-09f7045f3190, #extra

In Houston, TX, Lidia visits Khalil Arab. Once an interpreter with the U.S. military, Khalil works with wartime allies as they start new lives in the United States. Lidia has picked up the food at a local Afghan restaurant, because Khalil and his wife Ferra have a newborn baby. The food is similar to a traditional Afghan home-cooked meal, and Ferra adds a typical Afghan salad to the mix.