Gaza man builds race car with rudimentary tools
Despite the stifling blockade on the Gaza Strip, a man from Gaza managed to manufacture a single-seat sand race car in his small shop using rudimentary tools and secondhand spare parts.
Fathi Salman Abu Gharaba attracts much attention in the Gaza Strip driving an oddly shaped sand race car that he built himself.
Abu Gharaba, 40, has had a passion for cars and international car races since his early childhood.
He designed his own single seater that can reach a top speed of 360 kilometers per hour (220 mph). It took him seven months to build the vehicle according to the Formula 1 international specifications. The car was ready in June.
Abu Gharaba created the “Desert Race” using scrap tools and rudimentary equipment, which he collected from different places in the Gaza Strip. He then assembled the vehicle in his small home workshop in the agricultural village of al-Masdar in central Gaza, located about 1,500 meters (1 mile) from the fence separating the coastal enclave from Israel.
