Hürrem Sultan | The Ottoman Queen Who Fed Jerusalem

In al-Quds, in the shadow of al-Aqsa, a kitchen has fed the poor for five centuries. This is the story of the woman who willed it. Yusuf saw the map before he saw the queen. It lay unfurled on a low table of walnut and mother-of-pearl, held open at its four corners by brass paperweights cast in the shape of falcons. On its surface, Jerusalem was summoned in ink. Roads drawn in the deep obsidian of…