Fortitude and resolve. Women who are breaking cultural norms. One woman who fishes daily for a living has - but she has to deal with being shot at each time she goes out to fish. And then this, "Ibrahim, 37, and her 15-year-old daughter take turns pounding hot iron with heavy hammers...Sparks fly as Ibrahim pounds the burning iron. Her hands are swollen and her back is in pain; it is a tough job, especially as she is eight months pregnant."
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Gaza's women of steel
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Women in Gaza are stepping up as family breadwinners, breaking cultural norms as they strive to make ends meet.
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