Saqallah’s Sweet Factory

Jundi Street is a broad avenue that runs through the center of Gaza City, its wide median a swathe of rare green space and fountains, mostly in disuse due to the water crisis. Nevertheless, on a summer evening the atmosphere is festive: The street fills up with families out for a stroll, enjoying the breeze that rises up from the sea. Vendors move through the throngs hawking roasted peanuts or barad, a phosphorescent yellow slushie of sorts that is a local obsession. A crowd forms around Saqallah’s Sweets.