Hana Assafiri

Drive down St George's Road in North Fitzroy on the evenings the Soup Bar is open, and you'll find a queue stretching out the door and around the corner. With its brightly coloured interior, refreshing spoken menu, and flavourful Moroccan cuisine, the Soup Bar has become a Melbourne institution over the past 16 years. More than just a restaurant, the...

The constant search for autonomy and freedom is in every woman. Hana Assafiri is a much-loved and revered social activist and radical entrepreneur. Through the medium of food and dining in her renowned Moroccan Soup Bar, she has worked tirelessly to rectify the systemic and social barriers to women's empowerment. Hana's memoir follows her childhood between Lebanon and Australia, her...