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Gardens of Gaza: Resilience against starvation under Israeli occupation

“Israel wants to bomb and starve us, but they don’t know who they are dealing with," says Mayyasa, a woman growing her own crops in central Gaza. "We are Gazans."

Gardens of Gaza: Resilience against starvation under Israeli occupation

Photo collage including (background) Palestinian farmer Youssef Abu Rabie who works in a field growing crops to combat food shortages, (Credit: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters) and a woman (left) watering a garden planted next to a tent in the Gaza Strip (Credit: Instagram/Fadi Thabet), and mlokheye leaves (right) planted by photojournalist Momen Faiz (Credit: Momen Faiz). (Illustration by Jaimee Lee Haddad/L'Orient Today)

BEIRUT — In her long black abaya and straw farmer’s hat, Mayyasa Ahmad tends to her small plot of land in Gaza, accompanied by her two children, 6-year-old Ahmad and 9-year-old Samer, who play beside her.Before the war, she had a large garden with a...
BEIRUT — In her long black abaya and straw farmer’s hat, Mayyasa Ahmad tends to her small plot of land in Gaza, accompanied by her two children, 6-year-old Ahmad and 9-year-old Samer, who play beside her.Before the war, she had a large garden with a...