• Palestinians Salama Badwan, 40, and his wife Alaa Badwan, 37, tend to aloe vera plants on the roof of their Gaza Strip home. All photos: AFP
    Palestinians Salama Badwan, 40, and his wife Alaa Badwan, 37, tend to aloe vera plants on the roof of their Gaza Strip home. All photos: AFP
  • Ms Badwan extracts oil to make soap at her home in Deir Al Balah
    Ms Badwan extracts oil to make soap at her home in Deir Al Balah
  • With scarce opportunities, many are finding alternative ways to make a living
    With scarce opportunities, many are finding alternative ways to make a living
  • The Gaza Strip has a poverty rate of 53 per cent, according to official Palestinian statistics
    The Gaza Strip has a poverty rate of 53 per cent, according to official Palestinian statistics
  • The Gaza Strip is under a crippling Israeli-led blockade
    The Gaza Strip is under a crippling Israeli-led blockade
  • The Badwans pose with their aloe vera plants
    The Badwans pose with their aloe vera plants
  • Ms Badwan arranges fresh home-made soap
    Ms Badwan arranges fresh home-made soap
  • The Israeli blockade has been in place since Hamas took power in 2007
    The Israeli blockade has been in place since Hamas took power in 2007
  • Some more of the soap made by the Badwans
    Some more of the soap made by the Badwans
  • An aerial view of the soap-making operation
    An aerial view of the soap-making operation

Resourceful Gazans find work to overcome poverty - in pictures


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Real estate tokenisation project

Dubai launched the pilot phase of its real estate tokenisation project last month.

The initiative focuses on converting real estate assets into digital tokens recorded on blockchain technology and helps in streamlining the process of buying, selling and investing, the Dubai Land Department said.

Dubai’s real estate tokenisation market is projected to reach Dh60 billion ($16.33 billion) by 2033, representing 7 per cent of the emirate’s total property transactions, according to the DLD.

Where to buy art books in the UAE

There are a number of speciality art bookshops in the UAE.

In Dubai, The Lighthouse at Dubai Design District has a wonderfully curated selection of art and design books. Alserkal Avenue runs a pop-up shop at their A4 space, and host the art-book fair Fully Booked during Art Week in March. The Third Line, also in Alserkal Avenue, has a strong book-publishing arm and sells copies at its gallery. Kinokuniya, at Dubai Mall, has some good offerings within its broad selection, and you never know what you will find at the House of Prose in Jumeirah. Finally, all of Gulf Photo Plus’s photo books are available for sale at their show. 

In Abu Dhabi, Louvre Abu Dhabi has a beautiful selection of catalogues and art books, and Magrudy’s – across the Emirates, but particularly at their NYU Abu Dhabi site – has a great selection in art, fiction and cultural theory.

In Sharjah, the Sharjah Art Museum sells catalogues and art books at its museum shop, and the Sharjah Art Foundation has a bookshop that offers reads on art, theory and cultural history.

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