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Sanaa Saida

Sanaa Saida is a freelance journalist in the Gaza Strip, who writes for several international media agencies.

Hammad Atwa, a Palestinian man who makes lutes, known in Arabic as an "Oud", works on a musical instrument at the Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on February 19, 2014. Hammad sells his handmade lutes for 300 American dollars a piece. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Gaza band plays music to uplift spirits, bring hope

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NABLUS, March 30, 2020 .Palestinian chef Hasan Titi, 56, helps his wife Samar Titi in cooking and preparing homemade meal inside their house kitchen in the West Bank city of Nablus, March 30, 2020. Normally, it's the women who do the cooking and kitchen chores in Palestine. However, this is changing amid a lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, or novel coronavirus.
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Palestinian men take up cooking in quarantine

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Old Gazan factory restored to produce protective suits amid pandemic

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