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Gaza craftsman preserves ancestral pottery trade amid war's devastation
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Hussam Al-Ssawaf works inside his damaged workshop in Gaza, where he continues to spin pottery on a hand-driven wooden wheel despite the destruction surrounding him, according to Palestine News Network. The craftsman maintains his ancestral trade amid ongoing conflict, as drones operate overhead and ruins scatter the territory.
Al-Ssawaf's effort to preserve traditional pottery-making represents a form of cultural continuity in a landscape reshaped by war. His makeshift workshop stands as a working space in the devastated landscape of Gaza.
