Soup kitchen offers brief respite to Gaza’s hungry

Daily bread: Palestinians preparing food at the ‘tekiyya’ in Gaza City. For just a month of the year, the soup kitchen offers struggling families a welcome break from worrying about their next meal. — AFP

GAZA CITY (Palestinian Terri­tories): In her modest home in the Gaza Strip, Sahar Sherif’s family watches as she ladles out a broth of meat and vegetables for a rare heart-warming meal.

For just a month of the year, a soup kitchen in the Palestinian enclave is offering struggling families like Sherif’s a welcome break from daily worries about where they will find their next meal.