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71 Hidden Kitchen Gaza: A Palestinian Culinary Journey

Published: May 23, 2017, 2:28 p.m.

Author and journalist, Laila El-Haddad takes us into the hidden world of Gaza through the kitchen. Interweaving history,\xa0personal experiences\xa0and stories of food, family and daily life, El-Haddad\xa0paints a vivid picture of her family\u2019s homeland\xa0and some of the\xa0issues facing people living in Gaza and the Middle East.

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We also hear from Jon Rubin, co-founder of Conflict Kitchen, a restaurant/art project in Pittsburg PA that sells food from countries the United States is in conflict with. One of the most controversial iterations of Conflict Kitchen took place in 2014 when their food and conversation turned to Palestine. The restaurant featured recipes from The Gaza Kitchen and Laila El-Haddad was an invited speaker.

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Laila El-Haddad is co-author of \u201cThe Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey\u201d (with Maggie Schmitt) and author of \u201cGaza Mom:\xa0Palestine, Politics, Parenting, and Everything In Between.\u201d