Register now for FREE limitless entry to Reuters.com
GAZA, Sept 12 (Reuters) – A Palestinian girl has realised her dream of changing into a chef within the male-dominated Gaza Strip due to a brand new eatery the place she heads an all-female workers taking care of an all-female clientele.
Opened final month and providing gentle meals like rooster sandwiches and pizza, “Sabaia VIP” has been doing brisk enterprise in a conservative and congested enclave the place some girls complain of missing non-public and secure leisure venues.
The chef, Amena Al-Hayek, educated at a lodge restaurant the place she labored without cost. Though there have been openings there for brand spanking new cooks, she was by no means thought-about.
Register now for FREE limitless entry to Reuters.com
“The administration rejected (me). They stated they needed a male chef, not a feminine,” Hayek instructed Reuters.
Sabaia means “Lasses” in Arabic, a playful alternative of phrases for a clientele made up of girls of all ages – and no males.
“The thought stemmed from our must have one thing non-public, the place we will get pleasure from our independence and our privateness, a spot just for girls,” stated the proprietor, Reham Hamouda.
Hamouda employs eight girls on workers and others who put together meals from their properties. That gives much-needed revenue in Gaza, the place unemployment hovers round 50%.
“We proved to the world that we have been capable of open a restaurant and succeed and not using a man’s supervision,” stated Hayek.
Register now for FREE limitless entry to Reuters.com
Writing by Nidal Almughrabi, enhancing by Ed Osmond
: .