This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Akkawi cheese (Arabic: جبنة عكاوي, romanized: jubna ʿakkāwī, also Akawi, Akawieh and Ackawi) is a white brine cheese named after the Palestinian city of Akka (Acre, present-day Israel).

This cheese is largely produced in the Middle East, notably in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Cyprus.

Akkawi is hand-packed into square draining hoops and then cured in a salted whey brine for two days.

During the Lebanese Civil War, dairy animals were slaughtered and the country had to import akkawi from Eastern Europe.

In Los Angeles, people used to make a substitute for akkawi by soaking feta cheese in several changes of water to desalinate it.