Andrew McConnell http://www.andrewmcconnell.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:44:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.andrewmcconnell.com/index.php/1806 Mohammed Abu Jayab, gestures to his daughter as he walks from his home in Shati Refugee Camp, Gaza. http://www.andrewmcconnell.com/index.php/1802 Mahmoud Alryashi, makes repairs to his surfboard at his home in Gaza City. Nearly all of the surfboards in Gaza have been donated from the outside. http://www.andrewmcconnell.com/index.php/1801 Mohammed Abu Jayab teaches his son to surf, at his home in Shati Refugee Camp. http://www.andrewmcconnell.com/index.php/1869 Surfers, Ahmed Abu Hassira, Mohammed Abu Jayab, Kahlil Alhassani, and Mahmoud Bakeat, ride in a taxi to the beach in Gaza City. http://www.andrewmcconnell.com/index.php/1798 Surfers melt candles onto their boards before going to surf off Gaza City. Surf materials like wax are impossible to find in Gaza. http://www.andrewmcconnell.com/index.php/1796 Ali Ayrhim walks along Sheik Khazdien beach with his surfboard, in Gaza City. http://www.andrewmcconnell.com/index.php/1795 A Hamas policeman and lifeguards (some of whom are surfers) watch bathers from a lifeguard tower at Sheik Khazdien beach in Gaza City. http://www.andrewmcconnell.com/index.php/1871 A surfer enters the Mediterranean Sea, at Gaza City. http://www.andrewmcconnell.com/index.php/1794 Asam Abo A’ase and Amer Al Dous enter the sea from Gaza City. http://www.andrewmcconnell.com/index.php/1793