Dreams of survival: How war has restructured Gaza’s job market
Gaza’s professionals adapt careers to survive, shifting from arts and business to whatever they can find to make money.
Gaza City – On a street corner in Gaza City’s Remal market, Abdulrahman al-Awadi stands inside a small tarpaulin-made tent that he set up as a mobile phone charging station, a job that emerged during the war and has since become his livelihood.
Al-Awadi has hung his artwork above shelves that hold mobile phones and charging units.
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He found himself forced to adapt, creating a new source of income from nothing.
“People come to charge their phones. One shekel [$0.30] per charge. Even a shekel is hard to find, because there’s almost no liquidity in the country.”
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