Thinking about a cooking workshop that we had last Dec with Laila El-Haddad, author of Gaza Kitchen. Laila led everyone thru the process of making Rummaniya, an autumnal vegetarian stew of eggplant, pomegranate, and lentils popular in Gaza. www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/gaz... - ThreadSky

workshops4gaza.bsky.social • 33 days ago

Thinking about a cooking workshop that we had last Dec with Laila El-Haddad, author of Gaza Kitchen. Laila led everyone thru the process of making Rummaniya, an autumnal vegetarian stew of eggplant, pomegranate, and lentils popular in Gaza. https://www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/gaza-kitchen

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workshops4gaza.bsky.social•33 days ago

Laila shared w/us the importance of cooking as a way to teach many Palestinian families and children who have not been able to visit to commune with family members, to learn about the land and understand what it provides, and how to be its stewards. Chronicling,

workshops4gaza.bsky.social•33 days ago

cooking, and sharing recipes provides a connection to all that has been erased, disappeared, and fractured by Israel. We learned how to make Rummaniya, but Laila shared many stories about how she learned to make these recipes from people in different parts of Gaza, and about the importance of tools

workshops4gaza.bsky.social•33 days ago

like zibdiya to people's families. She also shared that while she wasn't sure what the reception of her book would be at the time, she heard from a lot of people in Gaza who were grateful for the recipes that they themselves had not had a chance to make, and about how the book allowed people who

workshops4gaza.bsky.social•33 days ago

were not from Gaza to see people in their most ordinary, beautiful, joyous moments - images that are often actively suppressed. Towards the end, she spoke about the importance of continuing to talk about and organizing in solidarity with Gaza. Whether it is through encampments, protests, writing, or

workshops4gaza.bsky.social•33 days ago

having your own cooking sessions, people in Gaza see this, and it lifts their spirits. Food can be an entryway into conversations that may feel impossible otherwise. Openings that can lead to more learning, and an even greater understanding of what 'genocide' means; that it is about destroying

workshops4gaza.bsky.social•33 days ago

generations of existence, memories, culture.

One way to learn about the people of Gaza, their lands, and their cultures is by purchasing Laila's Gaza Kitchen from our curated online bookstore, run w/ @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social. All proceeds go this month to the Sameer Project's South Gaza camp.

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