| Fatayer | |
| Place Of Origin: | Levant |
| Region: | Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, Egypt, Yemen |
| Type: | Meat pie |
| Main Ingredient: | Meat, spinach, cheese or za'atar |
Fatayer (Arabic: فطائر|faṭāʾir|label=[[Modern Standard Arabic|Standard Arabic]]; ; Arabic: فطيرة|faṭīra|label=none) are meat pies that can alternatively be stuffed with spinach or cheese such as feta or akkawi.[1] They are part of Levantine cuisine and are eaten in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. Fatayer are also popular in Argentina, where they are considered a variety of empanada under the name Spanish; Castilian: empanadas árabes (sg. Spanish; Castilian: empanada árabe), and in Brazil, where they are known as Portuguese: esfihas fechadas ("closed sfihas", sg. Portuguese: esfiha fechada).