Gaza calling: ringtone exports evade blockade

Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip not only restricts imports to the enclave but has also crushed traditional exports like fruit, flowers, furniture and ceramics. Reuters reports.

But a year after a war between Israel and Gaza's Hamas Islamists, some Palestinian entrepreneurs are turning to the Internet to gain access to new foreign markets.

Haitham Abu Shaaban of Tatweer Business Services, working with a local recording studio, has a new contract with Dubai telecoms company du to make personalized cell phone ringtones that he hopes will sell well across the Arab world.

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