APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 07 January 2021. Palestinian volunteers renovate and cleen the Kemaliya Archaeological School
01.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdullah Al-Razi, plastic artist and community activist
02.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salah El-Din Shehadeh, a Palestinian volunteer
03.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Karim Stom, theater artist
03.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdul Rahman Al-Haddad, a Palestinian volunteer
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The Kemaliya Archaeological School which dates back to 800 AD. Palestinian youth participated in an initiative to rehabilitate and clean the Kemaliya School in the Gaza Strip for tourist attraction. Gaza's old quarter is a hub of ancient buildings. Some - like the Al-Samra Baths and the Al-Omari Mosque, believed to be the site of the Temple of Dagon, pulled down by the biblical figure Samson - have been restored.
But many ancient structures in Old Gaza City are dilapidated or filled with rubbish, and as Gaza's population expands, residents have resorted to building concrete extensions on top of ancient buildings.
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