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Farrah Moussallati Sibai of Afia On The Five Things You Need To Thrive and Succeed as a Woman Founder
Be ok with mistakes: Many have been made along the way but mistakes have many a time been my biggest lessons. Early on in Afia’s day, we made one mistake... Read more...
New Afia Sun-Dried Tomato Falafel with fresh vegetables
Afia Releases New Flavor, Sun-Dried Tomato Falafel
Afia, a Mediterranean food company headquartered in Austin, Texas, driven by a mission to make food powerful, launched its newest flavor, Sun-dried Tomato Falafel, today on Afiafoods.com and in select... Read more...
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Austin Woman to Watch: Farrah Moussallati Sibai
Relying on family recipes, Farrah Moussallati Sibai provides American customers with nutritious, delicious, flavorful authentic Mediterranean food. Link to article Read more...
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H-E-B Be The Change
H-E-B celebrates the women-owned businesses who make incredible products for Texans. In this video, H-E-B spotlights Farrah Moussallati Sibai, the founder of Afia and proud H-E-B supplier. Link to Video... Read more...
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Mediterranean Frozen in Time
Former Editor-in-Chief of Food&Wine and founder of Giving Broadly, Dana Cowin, sits with Afia founder, Farrah Moussallati Sibai, to talk food and personal history.  Link to article Read more...
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H-E-B Names Finalists in Quest for Texas Best Contest
H-E-B Grocery Co. has chosen 25 finalists in its fifth annual Quest for Texas Best competition after evaluating products by more than 700 entrepreneurs from nearly 140 cities across the... Read more...
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Empowering the Syrian Refugee Community One Mediterranean Recipe at a Time
For Afia Foods founder Farrah Moussallati Sibai, spending time in the kitchen has always been intimately tied to a sense of home and her Syrian heritage. Her local food business,... Read more...
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Chobani’s Secret Ingredient for Backing New Food Companies
The new class of the yogurt company’s incubator, which includes Afia Foods, shows how it’s helping the kind of founders that often have a hard time securing funding. Read more...
Varieties of Afia Falafel and Kibbeh displayed.
The Story of Afia Foods includes the Syrian Civil War and a Little Black Recipe Book
At 33, Farrah Moussallati Sibai has survived violence in her home and her family’s home country, but she found new love and life in Austin, where she is the owner of Afia... Read more...