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Mosab Shawer

DARK SECRETS: This hebron grocer won t let israeli shutdowns stop him | Rare Historical Photos

Ishaq Qafisheh was delighted when he was able to return to his tiny grocery shop after a long Israeli closure [Mosab Shawer/Al Jazeera]

Hebron, occupied West Bank – Ishaq Qafisheh steers his wheelchair around the Ibrahimi Mosque, resting his trusty crutch on his shoulder as he rolls along. That crutch has been a lifelong companion since he was struck with polio as a small child.

The 60-year-old is going to open his tiny grocery shop for the day, one of a few that remained open in the courtyard after the Israeli military closed most of them following the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre in 1994.

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