Aisha's Story

“When you’re used to something and it’s gone, part of you is lost.”

A Palestinian grain miller in a Jordanian refugee camp safeguards her culture and shares her people’s history through food prepared with love, longing, and sumud—the Palestinian spirit of steadfastness.

2025

1h 2min

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Rawand Alababda
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Omar Alababda
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Tamam Ahmed Al-Khawalda
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Mariam Dheeb ‘Abed
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Amal Mreish
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