Eassa Abu Reyala, a fisherman from Beach camp in western Gaza City, Abu Reyala inherited his fishing profession from his father and grandfather. It was the family profession before they were evicted from the city of Hamama in 1948. Essa is 33 years old and has been working as a fisherman since 2007. Essa go out to sea almost every day – off the shore of Gaza City, Essa usually leave home at 5:00 A.M. and work until noon, depending on the situation and on how many fish there are. He sells the fish to merchants. Sometimes he catches twenty kilos of fish, sometimes ten or five, and sometimes not even a single fish. It depends on their availability, on the weather, and on what the Israeli navy does. The fisherman Essa struggles on a daily basis and experience severe hardships to provide a livelihood for his family. In addition to the fishing, Essa practices the profession of maintenance and repair of boats to maintain his family’s boats and fishermen’s boats that require constant maintenance and replacement of fiberglass parts due to saltwater damage, crashes with other boats at the port, or just wear, and because of Israeli navy fire.
IndirizzoGaza Port P 850 Gaza GazaTelefono595662162Email_AttivitàFishing
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