In this Monday, March 18, 2013 photograph, Palestinian Nabila Qishta, 52, prepares bread in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, using flour donated by the U.N. Gaza cuisine is Mediterranean-based, relying on olive oil, fresh vegetables, herbs and grains. “The Gaza Kitchen” is being praised by celebrity chefs like Anthony Bourdain for showcasing a unique, fiery variation of Mediterranean cuisine kept alive through blockade, war and impoverishment. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Diaa Hadid>
In this Saturday, March 9, 2013 photo, Palestinian men look at dozens of devil rays lined up on the Gaza beach in Gaza City. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Hatem Moussa>
