More than 32,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza over the last six months – the majority women and children. For the Arab diaspora in Australia the rising death toll and looming famine has cast a dark shadow over the joy of Easter and Ramadan. Nour Haydar joins a group of women making a beloved Levantine biscuit known as maamoul to raise money for recently arrived Palestinian families. She talks to Sunday Kitchen co-founder Karima Hazim about the initiative and meets a mother of three who fled the besieged territory to seek safety in Australia You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport