Palestine: the things you don’t hear about

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Unemployment Not an Option: A Gaza Woman with Small Shop and Big Dreams (PHOTOS)

Walaa Abu Hammad has a degree in banking and finance. The degree, however, has little use in Gaza’s struggling economy.

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Walaa Abu Hammad decided to start her own business, fixing and maintaining smartphones. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle)

Walaa Abu Hammad has a degree in banking and finance. The degree, however, has little use in Gaza’s struggling economy.

Like other Palestinian university graduates, she was unemployed.

And like other young Palestinian, Walaa did not waste much time waiting for a job opportunity, especially as unemployment in Gaza stands at 45 percent.

So, she decided to start her own business, fixing and maintaining smartphones.

 

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PROFILE: Heba Saadieh, First Palestinian to Referee in FIFA Women’s World Cup

The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) chose a Palestinian referee to take part in the ongoing Women's World Cup matches.

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Palestinian international referee Heba Saadieh. (Photo: via FIFA Website)

Originally from Palestine, lived and studied in Syria, became a refugee, again, in Malaysia, and eventually moved to Sweden. Heba Saadieh’s story is that of the quintessential Palestinian refugee, always prevailing over hardship.​

 

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How Palestinian rock artist Rasha Nahas uses her music to reclaim her identity | Real Talk​

 

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And this was supposed to be a moderator's sticky thread.

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Palestinian shooting attack in downtown Tel Aviv kills Israeli security guard

Israeli authorities say a Palestinian gunman opened fire in central Tel Aviv, killing an Israeli security guard before he was shot dead by police

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Today...

 

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Militants in Jenin celebrate the shooting in Tel Aviv - reporter covering the celebrations wounded by gunfire

 

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Meet Palestinian World Changer: Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb this Saturday, October 8th!​

 

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Palestine 1920: The Other Side of the Palestinian Story | Al Jazeera World Documentary​

 

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Palestine 1920: The Other Side of the Palestinian Story | Al Jazeera World Documentary​

From the losing side.

 

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Palestinian Women: Runners, Mothers and Breadwinners

...In Summer 2014, Shawqia took a loan from FATEN in order to develop the agriculturally rich land around her home. With the care and tenderness of a mother, she took me for a tour of her hip-height bean plants, a nursery of herbs peeking through the ground, baby fig and olive trees. Over a cup of the most amazing tea I’ve ever tasted (which I am told, is a due to the well-water stored under the home), she told me how she grows almost everything that her family eats and sells any extra, essentially eliminating the need to go to the mini market.

As she lovingly stroked her budding olive tree, she told me how her two sons (who married two sisters!), helped her to plant the fields. Now that everything is in bloom, she is very content spending her days tending her land alone. Hands don’t lie: This is a woman who is no stranger to hard work.

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KIVA is an NGO microloan program that is quite successful. They loan to women primarily because women are more likely to invest it into enterprises to help their families.

that is a great story. the israeli tanks and bulldozers can't be far behind.

i have heard of microloans for a while.glad to see that works.