Aisha's Story(2025)
“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.
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