“Our story is a story.”

“We used to work for 24 hours, and we couldn’t catch up. But after they opened up the market to China, it all came down.”

“Now, we’re the only factory in the entire West Bank and Gaza, it’s just us, and it’s not even working out. Half our machines are offline.”

“This is our thing, there’s no alternative. I’ve used a lot of energy doing it for a long time. I can’t just leave it like that.”

“Now you can say our profits are low – letting us get by. What to do? This is the world.
We’ve been here a long time, and if we hadn’t held on to our trade firmly, we would of closed shop a long time ago!”

“God willing it will keep going. Because it’s something from your heritage. It’s not seasonal. It’s your heritage. The name of the Palestinian people.”