I am from northern Gaza City, from an area called Sheikh Radwan.
Growing up, my family was very poor. I had to leave school at a young age, around age 15, and enter the labor market to help support my family.
I worked at a sewing factory, and because of my young age, my salary was meager, barely enough for food and drink. Still, I hoped that I could learn some skills I could use later on and possibly make more money to give us a better life.
I worked at this factory until I was 20 years old. It was physically exhausting work, and often boring. My hope was to save enough money to start a factory of my own, but I wasn’t ready yet.
In the meantime, working with the factory owner, I sold goods at local markets. I made more money this way than as a laborer. For two years I did this until I had enough to start a factory of my own…..more
