Shareef Sarhan On Location
“To take that which has been destroyed and turn it into a literal ‘beacon’ of hope is very powerful.”
“My mother taught me how to be able to celebrate Palestine by welcoming guests to have our food. So, cook Palestinian wherever you are, because you are part of preserving that culture and telling the world we exist.” Fadi Kattan
Fadi Kattan — Palestinian chef and co-founder of Akub Restaurant in London
Photograph: © Mark Kensett for Amos Trust
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Host a Supper Club for Palestine this Summer
A Delicious Way To Fundraise
Host a Supper Club for Palestine this summer, share Palestinian-inspired dishes and raise funds for Amos Trust’s vital work in Palestine.
Join us as we honour Palestinian culture by bringing friends, family, or your local community together for a meal as an act of cultural resistance that supports our Gaza and West Bank appeal. Whether it’s a cosy dinner at home or a bigger gathering at a venue, it’s a simple but powerful way to stand in solidarity with Palestinians.
How it works:
- Invite friends, family or colleagues for a meal
- Cook a few simple Palestinian dishes (don’t worry, we’ll share some easy recipes)
- Ask guests to donate what they would spend on a meal out
- Enjoy great food, conversation and solidarity
“Where politics has been the tool for Israel to divide us, culture has been our tool of uniting ourselves... and that’s why it’s really important for the solidarity of our friends to understand that, we are not that self-centric that we want to eat hummus all the time, but it has become a way of resilience and looking inward to ourselves, putting a nice warm jacket on ourselves by keeping participating and celebrating the cultural element of the Palestinians.” Mahmoud Muna — The Bookseller of Jerusalem
Recipes & Toolkit
Below are four recipe ideas — one starter, two mains (one meat, one vegetarian) and one dessert which you can also find as a free download here.
The Toolkit below includes everything you need to run your Supper Club including recipes, fundraising resources, a music playlist and more! Let us know you’re taking part or ask us any questions by emailing [email protected]
Get Social
Tag us in your photos on social media at @amos_trust — we’d love to see your supper club in action! Click below to receive your free Supper Club recipe pack.
Your Supper Club Toolkit
Everything you need to host your own Supper Club for Palestine
1. Getting Started
- Pick a date
- Decide how many guests to invite
- Set a price per head (if you’re charging)
- Spread the word and get your Supper Club underway.
2. Delicious Palestinian Recipes
We’ve put together a selection of our favourite Palestinian dishes from Amos Trust’s Sally Azzam and our friend Phoebe Rison from The Olive Tree Kitchen— simple, flavourful and perfect for sharing. You can download the recipes here.
We recommend Zaytoun and Shorkk for buying ethically sourced Palestinian and middle eastern spices, oils and ingredients online.
3. Fundraising
Your Supper Club is more than a meal — it’s a chance to raise vital funds for our Gaza and West Bank appeal.
You can fundraise by:
- Charging guests a set amount per head
e.g. £20 to cover food and fundraising, collect the total amount raised and send it to us by making one single donation online here - Asking guests to donate directly to our Gaza Appeal, referencing your Supper Club.
4. Make your evening meaningful
Add something extra to the night by sharing more about Palestine’s rich culture and history. You could:
- Read a Palestinian poem
- Show a short film about one of our partners in Palestine
- Share information about Amos Trust’s campaigns and upcoming events
- To help make your Supper Club even more special, we’ve curated a Spotify playlist for you to enjoy during your event.
5. Share your Supper Club
We’d love to see your Supper Club in action!
- Tag us on your socials at @amos_trust and help raise awareness about Palestinian culture
- Not on Socials? No problem — simply email your photos to [email protected] — your event might just inspire others to host their own Supper Club for Palestine.
Palestine Justice resources
Take a look through our range of resources, blog posts, downloads and products to find out more about our Palestine Justice work.
Palestine Justice
Majed Shala On Location
These graceful, moving and poetic drawings show tenderness and fragility in the midst of war. Ghostly figures locked in a tender embrace, defiantly looking at the sky in resilience and dignity. Majed Shala beautifully documents the human and emotional cost of war in Gaza and its tragic consequences on relationships and everyday life.
Palestine Justice
Mariam Salah On Location
Mariam bravely and fiercely creates artworks exploring the practice of Palestinian political prisoners smuggling sperm out of Israeli jails so that their wives can become pregnant. A doctor at a fertility clinic in Nablus stated that 22 women had undergone insemination using smuggled sperm. The success rate was low because of the difficulties of keeping sperm fresh during transportation from prisons in Israel to the West Bank.
Palestine Justice
May Murad On Location
“My current work is an echo of my exiled self. The employment of digital windows and messages is emblematic of my artistic method. My screen connects me to the world but detaches me from it. Although I no longer live in Gaza, I am still affected by feelings of isolation and captivity. My artwork is a dialogue with a new reality and a pursuit of an evasive happiness.”
Palestine Justice
Maha Daya On Location
Picasso stated: “Every act of creation begins with an act of destruction.” This is horribly true of Maha Daya’s paintings which document the consequences of Israeli warplanes’ strikes on Gaza. There is no beauty or life in these haunting artworks. The buildings have not collapsed. They are defiant and resilient and refuse to fall. They are monuments to injustice and devastation.
Palestine Justice
Mohammed Alhaj On Location
“Mohammed’s characters feel anonymous. The figures appear of varying origins — endless and with infinite colour. They are shadow characters with no rights in soil, sea, or sky. The displaced and alienated move through hazy colour spaces as if from a dream. They are escaping a brutal and painful reality in a desperate search for peace.”
Palestine Justice
Zainab Al-Qolaq On Location
At precisely 1 am on 16th May 2021, Israeli jets bombarded a densely populated residential area in the centre of Gaza City. Zainab was trapped under the rubble of her apartment block for 12 hours. She lost 22 members of her family in the attack. At the launch of her exhibition, she said, “I hope that you will not praise my paintings or document my achievement with joy. Instead, I hope you will help me spread my cause and raise my voice to hold this occupier to account.”
Palestine Justice
Mahmoud Alhaj On Location
Mahmoud uses medicinal blister packs to construct intelligent, sophisticated and meticulous architectural cityscapes. The symbolism of the impact of the ongoing conflict in Gaza and its affect on mental health is profound. A recent report by Save the Children stated that over 80% of children in Gaza suffer from mental health problems.
Resources
Stories of Hope Doing Hope... in Aida Refugee Camp
“While our expertise is in arts and culture, the harsh realities on the ground have made relief work an unavoidable responsibility.” In this month’s Stories of Hope, we hear from Ribal Alkurdi, Executive Director at Alrowwad Cultural Centre, who explains why they feel compelled to undertake food programmes in Aida Refugee Camp.
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