One can chew the leaves and buds fresh or dried. Other names for khat are qat, kat, chat, and qaad. Khat is sometimes mistakenly confused with ketamine – a dissociative drug used in South Africa.

In a project brief on the online platform Researchgate, Mbakaya says during data collection men and women reported better sexual performance among persons chewing khat. When last week in an email ...

There are many people, in the Yemeni and Somali communities in particular, who chew khat and view it as a big part of their cultural identity. I was interested in revealing the human aspects ...