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the water or they will get shot at, nets cut, boats taken,
detained. 9 miles out is where the good catches are.
Gaza only Palestinian area with access to the
coastline
Most Palestinians in the West Bank, even
though they are only an hour away, have never been
the sea.
Being from Gaza, a child of diaspora, always
thought that food was a really interesting way to be
able to tell the Palestinian story. Being able to discover
this lost history, this Palestinian past. Plus the food is
really dang good.
I think its really important to be able to
provide Palestinians with an image of themselves that
they recognize, a very humane image. Because all
theyre seeing in the media. Here or there, whether
here or there, whether on Arabic channels or abroad
is this kind of very caricatured [exaggerated] image of
gunned men and this kind of grim cinderblock
landscape. Youre not entering into the private homes.
What does a kitchen look like, or what does a family see
here.