"First comes the hummus: studded with chickpeas, anointed with a little reservoir of olive oil, greedily smeared up with hunks of pitta bread and messy fingers. Then the tabbouleh, then some homemade falafels, and then the lentil soup, and already the senses are overloaded, plates and bowls spilling off the edge of the table."
"The space is small and intimate; tickets sell out weeks in advance; the proceeds pay for aid for the hungry and homeless of Gaza. And like so many successful ideas, it happened basically by accident: a one-off fundraiser that quickly graduated into a kind of cultural event, a fixture of the north London social scene."
"Faten moved to London in 2014. Her family once lived in the city of Beit Hanoun in Gaza, and now lives out a precarious and hunted existence in one of Gaza's many temporary refugee camps. But as she stands at her stove cooking the recipes her mother taught her, she feels a little closer to the land she left behind."
Faten and Mahmoud operate a successful supper club at Cafe Metro in north London, serving elaborate Palestinian meals that sell out weeks in advance. The multi-course dining experience features hummus, tabbouleh, falafels, lentil soup, maqluba, stuffed vegetables, and baklava. Proceeds support aid for hungry and homeless people in Gaza. What began as a one-off fundraiser evolved into a cultural fixture and community gathering space. Faten, who moved to London in 2014 after her family fled Beit Hanoun in Gaza, cooks traditional recipes her mother taught her. Through food, she maintains connection to her homeland and shares Palestinian culture with others, creating moments of comfort and resistance during difficult times.
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