APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza – 19 April 2021. Palestinian goldsmiths work gold and jewelry factory
01.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Jamal Matar, Director General of the Precious Metals Control Directorate
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Gaza strip has about 40 small workshops and factories for gold jewelry manufacturing.
The gold industry in Gaza has thrived amid the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in terms of increased production locally and enhanced quality and availability of a variety of gold products and jewelry.
“Goldsmiths in Gaza lack modern capabilities and are banned from traveling abroad to train and develop their skills, but given the needs in the markets many are trying to import the necessary available tools to be able to develop their industry albeit within limited capabilities,”
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