After years of border blockades and commodity shortages, Gazans have become expert at recycling and making new out of old—in this instance, turning scrap wood into charcoal for barbecue grills and water pipes in local restaurants and coffee houses.
How to Make Charcoal in Gaza
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A Palestinian worker places embers on wood to be burned and turned into coal at one of the few local charcoal manufacturing shops east of Gaza City, Feb. 25, 2013.
