Laila El-Haddad & Maggie Schmitt videos

The Gaza Kitchen: An Interview with Laila El Haddad

Laila El-Haddad on “Cooking Up A Story”, discusses The Gaza Kitchen, a cookbook celebrating the life and recipes of a remarkable Palestinian people living under harsh political oppression in the Gaza Strip.
Jan. 28, 2015
16 minutes

Making Maftoul with the Authors of the Gaza Kitchen

Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmidt on The Jewish Daily Forward making maftoul.
April 13, 2013
1 minutes 37 seconds

Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt Prepare a Dagga Salad

Co-Authors, Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt prepare a Dagga Salad and talk about the making the Gaza Kitchen cookbook on “The Laura Flanders Show”.
March 30, 2013
12 minutes

Laila El-Haddad, Journalist, Author, Gaza Mom

Susan Mudarras interviews Laila El-Haddad, author of Gaza Mom about her life as a journalist and a media activist, including her involvement in the many new Palestinian-rights initiatives that emerged after Israel’s late-2008 attack on Gaza.
September 22, 2011
22 minutes

Gazan author Laila El- Haddad discusses her 2010 book Gaza Mom

Laila El-Haddad, a journalist, author, reporter and activist from Gaza, discusses her 2010 book Gaza Mom: Palestine, Politics, Parenting and Everything in Between. Her eloquent words put a story and a face to the situation of Palestinians, a topic to which she brings her characteristic wry humor and introspective humanity.
May 6, 2011
6 minutes

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