There are over 400 societies at the University of Manchester spanning archaeology, drama, accounting, chess, anaesthetics, cybersecurity, barbershop quartet, poledancing, Shakespeare, sexpression, macroeconomics and Taylor Swift. The secret of the university’s new shawarma society is its simplicity. It asks very, very little of its members. At a meeting of its membership on Tuesday, projected on the wall was a simple flow chart of the society’s ethos: “Short talk➡️Shawarma➡️Pub.”
This is exactly how it goes when on Thursday night I meet the group of shawarma-aficionados on Wilmslow Road. Cycle lanes pulse orange and teal with delivery riders. The neon lights of the Afghan, sheesha, Turkish and Kurdish spots bleed through the evening mist. Outside a shawarma shop aptly named QuickSyrianMeal, a crowd is forming.
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