South Africa: Loved Malay Cookbook Author Fatima Sydow Dies - South African News Briefs, December 20

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Fatima Sydow, Malay cookbook author and cooking show host has died
20 December 2023
allAfrica.com
By Esther Rose

Cape Town —  

Malay Cookbook Author Fatima Sydow Passes Away at 50

Fatima Sydow, who became a favourite for her Malay cookbooks and cooking videos, passed away in Cape Town. In 2020 Sydow was diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma and announced her stage 4 diagnosis in 2023. A crowdfunding campaign was set up to help pay off her hospital bills, with more than 1,000 donors raising R725,000. In October this year, a benefit concert was hosted at the Artscape Theatre by Cape Town musicians for Sydow. She will be buried according to Muslim rites in Cape Town today, Wednesday, December 20.

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