Walaa Ghussein

The light-heart­ed video was meant to show an­oth­er side of Gaza, but the ter­ri­to­ry’s cri­sis only deep­ened amid 2014 war.

Cou­ple has ap­pealed to peo­ple around the world for fi­nan­cial sup­port due to Gaza’s shat­tered econ­o­my.

Cre­ative use of crowd-fund­ing has helped Pales­tini­ans in Gaza raise mon­ey to study abroad or start their own busi­ness­es.

One year on, Pales­tini­ans are still heal­ing from wounds in­flict­ed by Is­rael’s 51-day war on Gaza.

In an un­con­ven­tion­al re­sponse to the trau­ma of war, one Gaza neigh­bour­hood has been trans­formed with colour.

Prim­i­tive heat­ing de­vices have led to se­ri­ous burns and deaths, with chil­dren par­tic­u­lar­ly at risk, doc­tors say.

Hamas re­jects Egypt­ian court rul­ing de­clar­ing the group a ter­ror­ist or­gan­i­sa­tion, as Gaza res­i­dents turn out to protest.

While ten­sions run high in the Pales­tin­ian en­clave, so do the hopes and am­bi­tions of Gaza’s young en­tre­pre­neurs.

Gaza res­i­dents say UN­R­WA de­ci­sion to cut re­build­ing funds is dis­as­trous.