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Mervat Ouf

Mervat Ouf is a Palestinian journalist and researcher from the Gaza Strip. On Twitter: @MervatMahammed

Palestine elections

Palestinian female candidates struggle to change political, social attitudes

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Hanadi Abu Harbid stands next to the food dehydrator.

Gazan engineer creates solar food dehydrator

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Palestinian workers clean a section of the archaeological site of the Saint Hilarion Monastery, one of the largest Christian monasteries in the Middle East, in Tell Umm al-Amr close to Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, March 19, 2013.

Culture

Gaza technicians link animal bones to distant past

Ukraine

Ukrainians in Gaza grieve for their country

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A Palestinian boy waits for falafel at a vendor in Hebron in the West Bank, April 18, 2021.

Rise in price of falafel leaves Palestinians hangry

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Capitals (L) and two plinths (R) are seen in the sand at the archaeological site of the St. Hilarion Monastery, in Tell Umm al-Amr, central Gaza Strip, March 19, 2013.

Ancient Gaza monastery restored by unemployed young Palestinians

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Fatwa banning trade of flour for bread stirs anger in Gaza

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A Palestinian girl stands on a beach near a pink ribbon as part of the Breast Cancer Awareness campaign, Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Oct. 10, 2012.

Breast reconstruction surgery on the rise in Gaza

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kidney dialysis in Gaza

Foreign medical delegations visit Gaza to try to help fragile health sector

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Gazans embrace outdoor photography, events

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destroyed Beit Lahia hydroponics operation

Hydroponic farm in Gaza has yet to repair damages from Israeli strikes

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Gaza cemetery

Gazan children wander cemeteries for pennies

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