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It impacted the relationship with my culture': When culture, cuisine and a chronic illness intertwined

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Jude Soussan is on a mission to help people understand Coeliac disease Source: SBS

One of the essential elements when immigrants talk about their culture is ’food' But what if allergies or autoimmune diseases prevent you from enjoying your own food culture? Jude Soussan is a young person of Lebanese heritage in Perth, Western Australia, and has used her diagnosis to help educate others about what it means to live with coeliac disease in the diaspora, using creativity.


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