Gaza Soup Kitchen: Mutual Aid Under Siege | Sumud Podcast

🎙️ This special episode of the Sumud Podcast centers the Gaza Soup Kitchen and the people sustaining it under siege. Dr. Ed Hasan is joined by Hani Almadhoun to reflect on how a grassroots mutual aid effort became a lifeline amid blocked aid, collapsed infrastructure, and constant bombardment. The episode honors the legacy of Chef Mahmoud Almadhoun and features real footage filmed by Gaza Soup Kitchen videographers and photographers Omar Almadhoun, Leena Almadhoun, Khaled Qadas, and Mai Almadhoun, offering a direct window into life, labor, and survival in Gaza. 🌍 Hani Almadhoun is a Palestinian American humanitarian and the Senior Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA USA. He is also the co founder of the Gaza Soup Kitchen, a grassroots initiative launched in early 2024 to provide hot meals, food parcels, and water to families across Gaza amid siege and famine. Based in the United States, Hani coordinates fundraising, advocacy, and media engagement while supporting operations on the ground. 🔑 In this conversation, we explore ➡ How the Gaza Soup Kitchen began ➡ Operating under siege with cut telecom, closed banks, and constant displacement ➡ The photographers and volunteers working on the ground in Gaza ➡ Chefs, kitchens, and survival logistics including hot meals, food parcels, and water trucks ➡ UNRWA, aid access, and competing aid models in Gaza ➡ Chef Mahmoud’s legacy, his killing, and why the work continues ➡ What people outside Gaza can do to show up and sustain support ⏱ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 02:00 How the Gaza Soup Kitchen started 05:00 Operating under siege with money, telecom, and logistics 08:00 Identity and documentation 13:00 The photographers and storytellers 23:00 Courage and exhaustion 28:00 Hopes and dreams under siege 31:00 The chefs and the kitchens 38:00 Chef Mahmoud’s story and legacy 45:00 What the diaspora can do Sponsored by The Karate Attorney (@karateattorney) fighting for justice inside and outside the courtroom. Visit KarateAttorney.com Sponsored by The School of Radical Imagination (@school.of.radical.imagination), a community based learning space turning knowledge into action. Sumud listeners receive 10% off with code SUMUD10 at checkout. Enroll at RadicalImagination.school https://www.radicalimagination.school/explore-courses This video is for educational purposes only. It offers personal testimony and political analysis meant to inform and document. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod | @myhanitizer | @gazasoupkitchen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices