A Ladle against the Drones: One Family's Fight to Feed Gaza

The story a kitchen—and a family—that refuses to let the fire go out.

“I played with the last bowl.”

When Chef Mahmoud was killed, the Gaza Soup Kitchen could have closed. He was the heart of the operation, the one who fed the hungry when no one else could. But for his brother, Hani Almadhoun, closing was never an option. A Ladle against the Drones is the harrowing and hopeful account of the kitchen that won't close, even in the shadow of assassination, famine, and war.

By day, Hani works for...