GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — For two young Palestinian designers, inspiration came from objects close to home: a pistachio and an olive leaf.
Ahmad al-Zoum and Saher Abdel Hamid, both 20 years old, are the winners of the Arab Student Starpack Award in the Structural Packaging category for Palestine. The contest, organized jointly by the UN Industrial Development Organization and Lebanese packaging center Libanpack, is the first regional packaging competition in the Arab World for Arab university students.