palestine and food.

(the seemingly reoccuring theme of my life--muslims who feed me...)

...second day in gaza i mention offhandedly to talal how much i love maklouba--two hours later he insists on setting a plate in front of me steaming hot and rich with scent. everything about food in palestine is remarkable!...a place with high malnutrition rates where people still insist on sacrificing their daily food allowances to serve any guest they happen upon a feast...

...i am not the best with words but my fellow delagation member maggie schmitt is... her following two articles (links below) help frame the context of the food we saw, ate and appreciated throughout our travels in gaza.

http://food.theatlantic.com/abroad/eating-under-siege.php

http://food.theatlantic.com/abroad/the-varied-food-of-gaza-1.php

gaza city.

abu dawud and makes a bag full of falafel

sandwiches and cucumbers for our bus.

laying out breakfast in gaza city.

in rafah fil-fil are presented with the smell of
dill thick in the air at mohammad lafi's home.


talal and ehab always arrive with food in hand.

maklouba...

(...to see the process of making maklouba scroll to july '08 blog archives

for a west bank kitchen adventure in deir istiya)

maklouba at aafaq jedeeda.

street kunafa.

(...to see the process of making it scroll to July '08 blog archives
for an adventure in nablus...the city most famous in the world for it's kunafa.)

assorted photographs by taslim and lily keber