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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/22/gaza-construction-boom-black-market?INTCMP=SRCH
Construction Boom in Gaza
(Observer-UK) Harriet Sherwood - Tossing yet another tender request on to his desk, construction engineer Wael Arabeed says: "I have so many offers, I can't even look at them. I'm too busy." Arabeed is the beneficiary of an extraordinary economic spurt in Gaza - not just in construction, but also agriculture, the hotel and restaurant industry, transport and manufacturing. All sectors have seen growth over the past year, with private sector employment increasing by more than 50%. Gaza is cluttered with the skeletons of new buildings. Apartment blocks, hospitals, schools, hotels and mosques are sprouting all over Gaza. Concrete and steel is pouring through the tunnels between Gaza and Egypt.