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Gazan engineer creates solar food dehydrator

Engineer Hanadi Abu Harbid from the Gaza Strip has developed a food dehydrator that relies on solar power and locally available resources.
Hanadi Abu Harbid stands next to the food dehydrator.

At a local products exhibition organized by the Palestine Agricultural Development Association in the Gaza Strip in January, Hanadi Abu Harbid, 23, stood at her own stand, rejoicing at the reaction of visitors to her products.

One of them tasted a piece of dried persimmon that put a smile on his face. “Honestly, it tastes better than the fresh fruit,” he told Abu Harbid.

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