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The tiring task of repairing Gaza's tattered banknotes
Khaleej Times
|December 01, 2025
With a pot of glue, a blade and a keen eye, Manal Al Saadani repairs tattered banknotes a necessity in the Gaza Strip, where the cash in circulation is wearing out.
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Palestinian woman Manal Al Saidi repairs damaged banknotes on a street amid a cash crisis in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip.
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For every revived note she gives back to a customer, they give her a few coins in return.
As Gaza remained blockaded for much of the Israel-Hamas war since October 2023, basic supplies were depleted, including banknotes, with no new ones supplied to its banks.
Every day, Saadani carries her small plastic table a few kilometres from Al Bureij refugee camp and sets it up in the market in Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
A string of people come to Saadani's table, showing her the flaws in their Israeli shekel notes.
This story is from the December 01, 2025 edition of Khaleej Times.
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