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Palestinian refugee sisters support big family by painting
Published: Apr 05, 2021 09:34 AM
Palestinian sisters Samia al-Masri (R) and Doaa al-Masri display their paintings at their home in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of West Bank city Hebron, April 3, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

Palestinian sisters Samia al-Masri (R) and Doaa al-Masri display their paintings at their home in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of West Bank city Hebron, April 3, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
Palestinian artist Doaa al-Masri (R) and her sister Samia al-Masri paint at their home in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of West Bank city Hebron, April 3, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

Palestinian artist Doaa al-Masri (R) and her sister Samia al-Masri paint at their home in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of West Bank city Hebron, April 3, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
Palestinian artist Samia al-Masri paints at her home in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of West Bank city Hebron, April 3, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

Palestinian artist Samia al-Masri paints at her home in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of West Bank city Hebron, April 3, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
Palestinian artists Doaa al-Masri (R) and her sister Samia al-Masri paint at their home in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of West Bank city Hebron, April 3, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

Palestinian artists Doaa al-Masri (R) and her sister Samia al-Masri paint at their home in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of West Bank city Hebron, April 3, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
Palestinian sisters Samia al-Masri, 29, and Doaa al-Masri, 25, make a living by painting in the al-Fawwar refugee camp in the West Bank city of Hebron. They are the major breadwinners of a 12-member refugee family.

The sisters, who both graduated from the Faculty of Arts of the Al-Quds University, started painting four years ago as they could not find jobs after graduation. Now they also sell their paintings online, at prices ranging from 50 to 1,500 shekels ( 15 to 454 U.S. dollars). Their father and one brother are tailors, while another brother is a house painter.