For sixth Ramadan in a row, Gazan cook feeds poor families

For the sixth year in a row, Walid al-Hattab, a Gaza-based man cooks “Garisha soup”, a traditional Palestinian soup, in a huge bowl in a bid to feed poor families in his neighbourhood. Crushed wheat, beef or lamb meat, and onions are the main ingredients of al-Hattab’s soup, cooked in a big pot which is heated on a firewood stove in front of his house in the al-Shujaiya neighbourhood within the besieged coastal enclave. The 57-year-old father of eight told The New Arab that he launched the initiative as a means to revive a Palestinian tradition in helping poor families to survive. “In the past…

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