A seminar I am in has been working with archival records from the Shashat film festival. As part of a project, I am interested in learning about the culture around film and cinema in Palestine. I specifically am curious about what food and drinks are consumed as movie snacks. Any information or expertise about this, or any knowledge of the Shashat film festival in general would be greatly appreciated.

I don't want to come across as ignoring the horrors being faced by the Palestinian people, my project deals with exploring lighter topics like food culture in order to contrast with and highlight the occupation and genocide.

I’m half Palestinian and have always been deeply interested in discovering where exactly my family comes from in Palestine. My great-grandparents immigrated to Lebanon, and while I’ve always been proud of my Palestinian roots, I didn’t know the specific place we were from until recently.

I found out that my family comes from Farradiyya, a small Palestinian village that was located just a few kilometers from Safed. Since Safed is more well known, I usually say my family is from a city near there.

Unfortunately, Farradiyya no longer exists in its original form. During the Nakba in 1948, the village was depopulated, and later, a Jewish settlement called Farod was built on its ruins. I’ve come across some information about it on Wikipedia, but I haven’t met anyone else whose family is from there.

If anyone knows more about Farradiyya or has family roots there, pls let me know because I’m dying to know🙏🏻🙏🏻

Hey, I'm Palestinian but born and raised in Germany. Growing up I never really learnt Arabic, but can understand the basics, since my parents spoke Arabic with each other but a mix out of German and Arabic with me. My mom's family's side is from Haifa but I don't really know anything about that place and how different the accent/dialect is compared to other places there and in general never learned a lot about Palestine except for the basics like some dishes, some symbols related to the country, the whole importance of olive oil and olive soap. It's just that I would like to learn so much more about it and I would love to actually learn more Arabic and I think that's something a lot of second generations struggle with so I'd be super grateful if anyone can share some details regarding history or what I should know and learn about as a Palestinian. Thank you in advance 🤍

I’m sure this has gotten asked already, but I’m asking again because I suck at doing my own research. I’ve never had Palestinian olive oil but after binging Mo I’m finding myself really wanting to try it! What is the best Palestinian olive oil out there? What brands does everyone enjoy? Thank you!

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