Reem Kassis (Arabic: ريم قسيس) (born 1987) is a Palestinian writer and cookbook author who holds Israeli citizenship. Her work focuses on the intersection of food with culture, history and politics.
Early life
Reem Kassis was born and raised in Jerusalem, to a father from a Christian family from the Galilee and a mother from a Muslim family from Jaljulya.
She left Jerusalem at 17 to attend the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where she earned her undergraduate degrees in business an...