Spotlight on Palestinian food

Chef Sami Tamimi talks about his homeland and its food culture

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Chef and author Sami Tamimi says his mission is to “keep talking about Palestine’, its food, culture and people.

“It helps it not to disappear,” says the 57-year-old, “as a Palestinian who has a voice, as a food writer, I feel that we must use all the tools we have to keep it alive.”

Palestinian food is “very important” to promote, he believes, “because we’ve been erased”.

Israel’s military campaign since October 2023 has killed over 55,300 Palestinians, more than half of them women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

It came after the Hamas group’s attack on southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.