Read the New Socialist piece which encapsulates all my feelings.
If after that, you still want to come at me, fine. You’re on the side of the oppressors, the colonialists, on the side of apartheid and repression. And definitely on the wrong fucking side of history.
Cook, writer and activist, Yasmin Khan, describes Palestinian food thus:
…from the sun-kissed pomegranate stalls of Akka, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, through evergreen oases of date plantations in the Jordan Valley, to the fading fish markets of Gaza City.
The markets are for sure fading…
So, as well as sending some cash to the people working on the ground to save innocent lives…
… take look at a quick recipe for, say, shoulder of lamb, from her book, “Zaitoun” and, maybe, you could also go out and buy the book and take the time to read about the people of Palestine, the ‘ordinary’, everyday ones — people just like you, just like me, they cry, they cook & eat, they weep, they smile, they bleed, they laugh — who the Israeli army are slaughtering, day after day after day.
For the entirety of the Frankfurt @Book_Fair, Fitzcarraldo Editions have made the eBook of Adania Shibli’s MINOR DETAIL, (tr. Elisabeth Jaquette,) free to download: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/minor-de Amazon: amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B088ZR Apple: books.apple.com/gb/book/minor- Kobo: kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/mi
You can also buy a copy…
Ahlan wa sahlan
