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Gaza's traditional crafts industries rapidly disappearing

Associated Press
Palestinian Tarek Khalaf uses a flame to form bamboo at his family's workshop in Gaza City. (Photo | AP)
Palestinian Tarek Khalaf uses a flame to form bamboo at his family's workshop in Gaza City. (Photo | AP)
a Palestinian worker uses a pottery wheel to construct pots, at a pottery workshop in Gaza City. (Photo | AP)
Traditional weaving carpets tools hang on a wooden loom at a carpets factory in Gaza City. (Photo | AP)
A Palestinian works at a bamboo workshop in Gaza City. (Photo | AP)
A Palestinian worker weaves carpets on a traditional wooden loom at a carpets factory in Gaza City. (Photo | AP)
A Palestinian worker prepares the clay at a pottery workshop in Gaza City. (Photo | AP)
Palestinians, work at a pottery workshop in Gaza City. (Photo | AP)
Abed Abu Sedou, removes the dust from samples of hand-painted glasses are displayed on a table in his closed glass factory in Gaza City. (Photo | AP)
Palestinian Mahmoud al-Sawwaf, the owner of a traditional carpets factory, displays his products in Gaza City. (Photo | AP)
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