GAZA CITY

For one night only: Gaza’s first proper cinema in three decades

AFP Aug 27, 2017

GAZA CITY: Several hundred Gazans went to the cinema on Saturday for the first time in more than 30 years, albeit for one night only. The long-abandoned Samer Cinema in Gaza City, the oldest in the strip but closed for decades, hosted a special screening of a film about Palestinians in Israeli prisons. About 300 people of both sexes attended, with men and women not segregated by gender and despite the lack of air conditioning on a hot and humid evening. There are currently no functioning cinemas in the Palestinian…

Youth in Gaza City take up rollerblading

AFP Aug 28, 2016

Lifestyle

GAZA CITY: Young people have turned to rollerblading in the Gaza Strip, gliding along the Palestinian enclave's waterfront with used equipment that can be bought at a popular flea market.

Hamas condemns alleged shooting of Gazan by Egyptians

Mohsin khan Jan 3, 2015

GAZA: Militant group Hamas on Saturday condemned the fatal shooting by Egyptian border guards of what they said was a Palestinian minor on the Gaza border on Friday.