Shawarma meat being cut. The meat is roasted in a special oven before making it into a sandwich.
Shawarma (Arabic: شاورما; in Turkish: çevirme) is a meat sandwich eaten by people of the Arab world and the Middle East. It is served in round Arabic bread with meat and vegetables, with some spice or sauce of choice in it. Normally, the meat can either be lamb, beef, turkey, or chicken. Shawarma can also be spelled chawarma, shwarma, shawerma, or shoarmais.