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Updated 26 November 2020
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Gaza's first female gas station attendant challenges 'traditions'

Gaza's first female gas station attendant challenges 'traditions'

Salma al-Najjar, a petrol station attendant in the Gaza Strip, sees her part-time job in larger terms than the traditional act of filling a customer's tank.

The 15-year-old trailblazer is the first female to work at a gas station in the Palestinian territory, which has been controlled by the Islamist group Hamas since 2007.