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A Festival to Celebrate Halal Foods

The free festival, taking place on Long Island, features about 50 vendors as well as cooking demonstrations.

From left to right: Noran Omar, the creative media director of the New York Halal Food Festival; Fawad Piracha, a founder; Samiah Bhutta, the creative social media director; and Mirvice Ahmad, a founder.Credit...Sasha Maslov for The New York Times

A small group of 20-somethings, some of whom are still in college, came up with the idea of this inaugural New York Halal Food Festival on Long Island. Noran Omar, the creative media director of the event, said all of the organizers have immigrant parents and wanted to foster a sense of community among Muslims and other groups. There will be about 50 vendors and special events are scheduled throughout the day, like a hot-dog eating contest and cooking demonstrations.

New York Halal Food Festival, Saturday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., free admission, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale, N.Y., newyorkhalalfoodfestival.com.

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Florence Fabricant is a food and wine writer. She writes the weekly Front Burner and Off the Menu columns, as well as the Pairings column, which appears alongside the monthly wine reviews. She has also written 12 cookbooks. More about Florence Fabricant

A version of this article appears in print on  , Section D, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: To Celebrate: Halal Foods Are the Focus Of a Festival on Long Island. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe

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