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 swing and a small inflatable pool where Samer and Ahmad could cool off in the summer. Back then, she was gardening in her own home in central Gaza City. It was merely a hobby and a way to destress.Now, she is tending a garden to put food on the table at a house she and her children have sought refuge in.She’s not sure who owns the house. They found it partially destroyed and empty of its inhabitants, who would have likely fled or been killed in the conflict. She decided that they would settle in it — for the time being, at least. Read more. Gaza mothers search for milk as malnutrition hits ...
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 swing and a small inflatable pool where Samer and Ahmad could cool off in the summer. Back then, she was gardening in her own home in central Gaza City. It was merely a hobby and a way to destress.Now, she is tending a garden to put food on the table at a house she and her children have sought refuge in.She’s not sure who owns the house. They found it partially destroyed and empty of its inhabitants, who would have likely fled or been killed in the conflict. She decided that they would settle in it — for the time being, at least. Read more. Gaza mothers search for milk as...