Elderly Palestinian takes advantage of grape harvest season to protect heritage from extinction

STORY: Elderly Palestinian takes advantage of grape harvest season to protect heritage from extinction DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:05 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: various of Ismail Arafa preparing grape productsSOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ISMAIL ARAFA, Hebron-based Palestinian elderly manvarious of grape productsSOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): KHALED ARAFA, Arafa's son STORYLINE: Ismail Arafa, a Hebron-based Palestinian elderly man, spends many hours a day preparing various kinds of grape products by using primitive methods. Palestinian traditional grape molasses, grape malban, grape jam, and raisins are among the grape products produced by the elderly Arafa and his sons. "To prepare my extraordinary products, I use huge copper pots on top of piles of burning firewood as a part of our Palestinian heritage identity," the 71-year-old father of six told Xinhua. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ISMAIL ARAFA, Hebron-based Palestinian elderly man "I started working in this field when I was 11 years old with my