GAZA, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Cakes are the favorite food of the Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip when they prepare for Eid al-Fitr, a three-day festival that Muslims worldwide celebrate the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting.
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In Omar Al Mukhtar Street and the nearby Zawya popular market in Gaza City's downtown, store keepers offer a wide range of goods, including clothing, footwear, household items and candies, to attract as many as customers as possible.
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Abu Salah Abu Sidu, an old man who was shopping around the market, told Xinhua that he had bought plenty of cakes as Eid gifts for his extended family which has 13 members.
He said a kilo of cakes stuffed with dates cost between 15 and 28 shekels (8 U.S. dollars).
Um Mahmoud Badr, a female customer in the market, said she preferred to buy flour, semolina Nike Vapormax Noir Pas Cher , butter, sugar and dates to bake cakes at home to save money.
For her part, baking cakes at home makes her children more cheerful and brings more joy to the family.
Another favorite delicacy of Eid al-Fitr in Gaza is salted fish, better known as fesikh, which is eaten on the first day of the festival.
Fatma Khadr, a mother of seven children, said salted fish is a "holy thing" for her family and most of the residents in the Gaza Strip for breakfast on the first day of Eid al-Fitr.
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Khamis al-Tabtibi, a clothes merchant, said he only sold 30 percent of his total merchandise for Eid al-Fitr this year despite the price-cutting campaigns.
He said this year is especially difficult Nike Vapormax Plus Pas Cher , considering the 30 percent cut of the salaries of government employees.
Gaza has suffered an economic recession since Israel imposed a blockade in 2007, right after Islamic Hamas Movement violently seized control of the enclave.
Years of blockade has exacerbated shortages in Gaza, where unemployment rate, the highest in the world, reached 41.7 percent by the end of 2016, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
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