The top-model Bella Hadid dreams of opening a Palestinian restaurant with her father

The American-Palestinian top-model Bella Hadid shared a project that is close to her heart: to open a Palestinian restaurant with his father, Mohamed Hadid, in tribute to their roots. A personal dream that she spoke of with emotion during her visit to the British show Chicken Shop Date.

Returning to her childhood in a half-Neerland family, mid-Palestinian, Bella praised her father’s culinary talents, a refugee having fled Nakba in 1948. “My father never cooks for four people. Like all Arab parents, he cooks for fifty, ”she joked. “My dream for him has always been that he opens a restaurant … to preserve our heritage, our history, and what our cuisine represents for the world. »»

No details were given on the place where this restaurant could see the light of day, nor on a possible concretization of the project, which the star evokes as a symbolic and emotional gesture. Known for its clear positions in favor of the Palestinian cause, Bella Hadid was recently filmed in Paris brandishing a Palestinian flag offered by fans. Over the years, the model has established itself as one of the most committed votes in the artistic environment on the Palestinian issue. Through this restaurant project, it expresses a strong desire for cultural transmission, at the crossroads of memory, cooking and dignity.