Hearing-impaired Gazan turns scrap metals into exquisite arts

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Hearing-impaired Gazan turns scrap metals into exquisite arts

STORY: Hearing-impaired Gazan turns scrap metals into exquisite arts DATELINE: Aug. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:04 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of hearing-impaired Fakher Hamad spending hours tinkering recycled scrap metals into delicate sculptures 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): FAKHER HAMAD, Gaza-based hearing impaired blacksmith 3. various of hearing-impaired Fakher Hamad spending hours tinkering recycled scrap metals into delicate sculptures 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): FAKHER HAMAD, Gaza-based hearing impaired blacksmith 5. various of hearing-impaired Fakher Hamad spending hours tinkering recycled scrap metals into delicate sculptures STORYLINE: Inside his small workshop in Gaza, hearing impaired Fakher Hamad spends hours tinkering recycled scrap metals into delicate sculptures and furniture of all sizes. Mini sculptures of motorbikes, snakes, scorpions, and dolls, as well as life-size carriages, are among the creations Hamad took pride in. "I came up with the idea a year ag

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