Palestinian Refugee Project

    The Kafr Qasim   holocaust is one of many of war crimes committed against the original people of Palestine, the holocaust against us started in 1948 and carries on to this day, the crimes have been committed against all the Palestinians, those in the occupied holy land and those of us in the wider diaspora. The Jewish terrorist group at that time, received a command saying harvest the Palestinians. Their harvest was another “successful” achievement for them with more than fifty souls taken, fifty people from seven to seventy years of age. At that time, the Palestinians of the diaspora in Lebanon, their camps where called the zoos by some Lebanese – and to be honest I wish they did treat us like animals as it would have been better! We were forced to live in inhuman conditions and all people living there treated as militants and not civilians, even to this day all our cars are searched, all our bags gone through by the Lebanese military.    So how can...

A recipe for Qatayef from a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon.  This dessert is not only beautiful to look at it is also very tasty. It is called Qatayef, and it is one of the most important and most well famous Ramadan sweets you will find on the Palestinian table during the holly month. Qatayef The one thing I regret though is that a large percentage of the Palestinian camp residents will not be able to buy or make this sweet, and this is painful for me. Despite this heartache, I will share some of what I know about Qatayef with you and how I came to learn about it and even when I first tasted this beautiful dessert. (I have attached some photos of the Qatayef sweets that I have prepared at home for various occasions). I remember first seeing Qatayef after I moved with my family to the camp of Ein Al-Hilweh (Palestinian Refugee camp in southern of Lebanon) in November 1993, while it was my first month of the Holy Ramadan on the camp there. I was so excited to move ...