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Gaza Teen Sisters Win Environmental Award for Turning Rubble into Reusable Bricks

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Teenage sisters Farah and Tala Mousa from Gaza, repeatedly displaced and living in a tent, have won the Middle East regional Earth Prize for inventing reusable bricks made from crushed rubble, aiming to aid reconstruction with a $12,500 prize.

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