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At a kindergarten, Mahdi Karera, who describes
himself as Gaza's first marionette-maker, put on a show about
the importance of reading.
An opening song-and-dance number featuring a clown, a cook, a
teacher, a boy and a girl, drew cheers and laughter from the
young audience.
"There has never been a marionette theater in Gaza," Karera, 39,
told Reuters. "Puppets have a role: they entertain people -
children and adults. They promote positive values and change
negative ones."
Karera, who said he taught himself how to make and operate
marionettes, has created 30 puppets out of wood, foam, plastic
and metal wire in a workshop on his home balcony.
"I am strongly attached to them, they are like my kids," he
said.
(Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi; Editing by Jeffrey Heller and
Alison Williams)
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