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Moamen Abu Raida, 29, a Palestinian technician, searches for spare parts at a scrap market in Bani Suhaila, a town east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Using discarded materials and rudimentary equipment at a cost of 850 shekels (US$261), Abu Raida builds small electric vehicles used by the elderly and people with disabilities. AFP -
Abu Raida assembles an electric vehicle at his workshop. AFP -
Zain, 5, a Palestinian boy with a disability, rides an electric vehicle assembled by Abu Raida, who is seen in the background, in Bani Suhaila. AFP -
The mother of Zain, a five-year-old Palestinian boy with disability, holds his hand as he sits atop an electric vehicle assembled by Abu Raida in Bani Suhaila, a town east of Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip. AFP -
Abu Raida searches for spare parts at a scrap market in Bani Suhaila. AFP -
Abu Raida assembles an electric vehicle at his workshop. AFP -
Abu Raida assembles an electric vehicle at his workshop. AFP -
Abu Raida assembles an electric vehicle at his workshop. AFP -
Abu Raida assembles an electric vehicle at his workshop. AFP -
Abu Raida test-rides a small electric vehicle he assembled. AFP
Man uses scrap and spare parts to build electric scooters in Gaza - in pictures
Moamen Abu Raida, a Palestinian technician, uses discarded materials to build small electric vehicles for the elderly and people with disabilities
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