I’m taking part in an online project called “Virtual Hug for Gaza”. It’s organised by a wonderful illustrator called Yulia Gwylim, and seeks to raise funds for locally-based, Palestinian-run charities providing food and healthcare in Gaza. Each contributor offers an illustrated favourite recipe to the online zine – I’m really looking forward to see what people “serve up”. You can download a copy of this lovely recipe zine here!
At this time, the situation in Gaza is dire, and we are presented daily with horrific scenes of starved children, bulletridden bodies and destroyed homes and lives. To not do something to try and help, however small, seems unthinkable.
If you are feeling helpless in the face of the suffering in Gaza maybe you can do one of the following?
Donate to Gazan mutual aid charities, such as thesameerproject
Organise or take part in a fundraiser for Gazan charities including Medical Aid for Palestinians
In the UK you can email your local MP, also the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary ( fcdo.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk)
Join a demonstration in your area
Here’s the illustration, plus a couple of process pictures, I made to go with my recipe – it’s a Greek type of frittata called Sfougato Me Lahanika, and the recipe is from Mediterranean Vegetable Cookery by Rena Salaman. It’s delicious, as are many of the other recipes in the book.
