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Rana Baker

Rana Baker is a student of business administration in Gaza. She writes for the Electronic Intifada. On Twitter: @RanaGaza

A Palestinian refugee boy walks between the narrow alleys of Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip May 14, 2013. Palestinians will mark "Nakba" (Catastrophe) on May 15 to commemorate the expulsion or fleeing of some 700,000 Palestinians from their homes in the war that led to the founding of Israel in 1948. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTXZM8H

Israel Shares Responsibility For Gaza's Cultural Deficit

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Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh drives a car as the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani sits next to him after a visit at the Islamic University in Gaza City October 23, 2012. The Emir of Qatar embraced the Hamas leadership of Gaza on Tuesday with an official visit that broke the isolation of the Palestinian Islamist movement, to the dismay of Israel and rival, Western-backed Palestinian leaders. REUTERS/Wissam Nassar/Pool (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR39HDC

High-Profile Gaza Visitors Leave Hollow Mark

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Palestinian girls play volleyball during a summer camp at the beach of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip June 20, 2009. The camp is being organized by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA CONFLICT POLITICS SPORT VOLLEYBALL) - RTR24UHL

Misconceptions Abound On Gaza's Women, Politics

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Palestinians wait to receive food supplies inside a United Nations food distribution centre in Gaza City April 10, 2013. The main U.N. humanitarian agency for Palestinians said on Monday it was reopening its Gaza food distribution centres after suspending operations last week in response to violent protests over aid cutbacks. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) - RTXYFYU

UNRWA Aid Sustains Palestinian Misery

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A Palestinian woman looks for her name on voter lists put up on a wall inside a school in Gaza City February 11, 2013. The Palestinian Central Election Commission (CEC) began on Monday registering voters in Gaza and the West Bank for an upcoming election that is hoped to help with healing nearly six years of political rifts among rival factions. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA) - RTR3DMRA

Palestinian Elections Pointless Under Israeli Occupation

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A Palestinian woman and her daughter shop at Metromarket supermarket in Gaza City September 5, 2011. Amidst the poverty and deprivation of the Gaza Strip, a few small signs of prosperity have started to emerge, giving violence-weary locals a taste of comfort that is taken for granted in much the rest of the world. Picture taken September 5, 2011. To match Feature PALESTINIANS-GAZA/LUXURY REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS) - RTR2QXBF

Israeli Goods Flood Gaza

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Palestinian students share a schoolbook while studying in the school library in the West Bank city of Ramallah February 4, 2013. Israelis and Palestinians depict each other in schoolbooks as an enemy and largely deny their adversary's history and existence, according to a U.S. government-funded study published on Monday. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION) - RTR3DCH6

Palestinian Education Methods Require Revamp

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Palestinians wave flags during a rally marking the U.N. General Assembly's upgrading of the Palestinians' status from "observer entity" to "non-member state", in the West Bank city of Ramallah December 2, 2012. Israel said on Sunday it was withholding this month's transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority, after the United Nations' de facto recognition of a Palestinian state. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Israeli Occupation Causes Palestinian Identity Crisis

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Hamas policewomen take part in a graduation ceremony for members of Hamas security forces in Gaza City December 17, 2012. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

Who Will Challenge Hamas?

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