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“I hope one day everyone will be able to experience the food of Gaza”
For most of us, plentiful food is one of the many things we’re lucky enough to take for granted. World Food Day on 16 October is a moment to reflect on the hardships many experience in getting enough to eat - and to appreciate how vital food is to our sense of connectedness. Chef and TV presenter John Gregory-Smith travelled to Gaza and found a vibrant food culture, thriving in the most testing conditions
FOR RICHER, FOR POORER Gaza offers its own zingy take on Middle Eastern cuisine, but many Gazans struggle to afford the basics
Here I am in Khan Yunis, a city in the south of the Gaza Strip, one of the most closed-off parts of the world. I’ve come to see the extraordinary work the World Food Programme does here. Two million people live in an area of less than 400 square kilometres and the charity feeds 270,000 of them every day. Around 80 per cent of the families the charity assists receive vouchers they can exchange for food from around 200 shops across Gaza. The remainder receive parcels of the basics: wheat flour, lentils, chickpeas, vegetable oil and salt.