Central Arkansas ice cream dream team Loblolly Creamery has collaborated with downtown Mediterranean restaurant Maryam’s Grill on two ice cream flavors to honor Maryam’s owners’ Palestinian heritage. Proceeds will go to the nonprofit World Central Kitchen to help feed children in Gaza.

Maryam’s, located on the ground floor of the Catlett-Prien Tower office building (323 Center St.), is co-owned by spouses Ebrahim Abunasrah and Hadeel Abuelhaja.

The two new ice cream flavors: Knafeh Crunch (available at Loblolly’s Benton and SoMa scoop shops through September) — described in a Loblolly Facebook post as creamy sweet cheese and rose water ice cream with layers of shredded phyllo and toasted pistachios — and the Baklava Stacker (available only at Loblolly Hillcrest through September), fe

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