Slack Eid business disheartens Palestinian retailers amid tough economy

STORY: Slack Eid business disheartens Palestinian retailers amid tough economy DATELINE: May 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:11 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of street view in GazaSOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMMED DAHALAN, Gaza-based clothing retailerSOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MAHMOUD SAADALLAH, Customer in GazaSOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): REEM HASAN, Customer in GazaSOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): MOHAMMED BOWAITEL, Vendor in Ramallah STORYLINE: In the run-up to Eid al-Fitr, which begins on Monday, only a few clients were seen in the shops on Gaza's Omar al-Mukhtar Street, showing a sharp contrast with previous years, when shoppers would rush to the markets for food after 30 days of fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Mohammed Dahalan, a Gaza-based clothing retailer, said he has sold barely half of the merchandise he imported from China and Turkey for the festival that marks the end of the Ramadan. "Customers come into the store to look at the clothes but do not buy anything. They