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Al-Jazeera took a look at the booming economy of Gaza in a recent episode of “Economy and the People.” Footage from shopping malls, restaurants, and tourist resorts shows a very different picture than the suffering and blight the UN laments.

The mainstream media regularly paints the Gaza Strip as a poverty-stricken territory constantly teetering on the verge of collapse.

However, when Al-Jazeera profiled Gaza in a recent episode of “Economy and the People,” footage from shopping malls, restaurants, and tourist resorts painted a a very picture of Gaza.

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