A father and his graduate children open a street cart to support their families
4 university degrees on the side of the road in Gaza
Abu Shadi Toman, accompanied by his four children.
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The Tumanco cart is the perfect solution to support 27 people.
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The Tuman vehicle is witnessing a massive turnout of citizens.
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“University graduates are unemployed” is the harsh truth that most young people in developing countries around the world swallow, but in the Gaza Strip there is a completely different reality. Four university degrees for four young brothers did not help them find a suitable job opportunity to support themselves, their parents and their family Because of the poor quality of life in the besieged sector.
The Palestinian citizen, Ahmed Toman (64 years), from the Gaza Strip, resorted to working in a small street cart, to prepare drinks and fast food on the beach of Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip, accompanied by his four university children, who are (Shadi) and (Musa) ), (Zechariah), and (Momen).
After bitter, lean years, Abu Shadi Toman did not find a cure for the poverty in his home - and the unemployment that affected him and his family of 27 members, including his four children, who graduated from universities, without getting a suitable job opportunity - except to open a cart. Tomanco,” an abbreviation of the father’s family name, Ahmed Toman, to sell hot and cold drinks and fast food to vacationers on the seashore, and passers-by on the side of the road.
hard journey
"Emirates Today" was found on the coast of the city of Deir al-Balah, where the "Tomanco" cart was located, which overlooks a high hill directly opposite the beach, where the residents flocked to the sea at sunset, to sit next to the Toman family's cart, for self-entertainment and eating fast food. Cold and hot drinks.
The young man (Musa), who has a degree in electronic engineering, and his brother (Moamen), a graduate of the Faculty of Information Technology, prepare cold and hot drinks for customers, who flock from the city of Deir al-Balah and its neighboring towns in the central Gaza Strip governorate, while helping Zakaria, who is still continuing His university studies majoring in social service, his father cooks and prepares fast food, and Shadi, the eldest son, serves the food that his father prepares for customers.
Father Ahmed Toman said in an exclusive interview with "Emirates Today": "My family consists of 27 people, my wife and eight children, and the wives of four of my sons, along with my grandchildren, and we all lack a source of livelihood to provide for the livelihood and needs of my family and the families of my children."
He adds: "Four of my sons have university degrees in various fields and specializations, three of them graduated, and the fourth is still studying at the university, and all of them do not have a job opportunity to support themselves and their families."
(Abu Shadi) indicates that he has been denied work in the occupied Palestinian interior, in the field of cooking, since the imposition of the siege on the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2006, while he lost his work in the field of construction a year ago, due to the repercussions of the Corona virus pandemic.
Father Toman continues: "Because of our deteriorating living conditions and our urgent need for a permanent source of livelihood to provide for our families' needs, I searched for a job opportunity, and I only found a fixed vehicle on the side of the road, off the coast of the city of Deir al-Balah."
The man in his sixties, accompanied by his four children, prepares cold drinks, including carob, pineapple, mango and orange, as well as hot drinks of all kinds, in addition to cooking and preparing fast food, including hamburgers, liver, chicken breasts, and cheeses of various kinds, and sells them at reasonable prices to all customers.
Abu Shadi Toman points out that due to the prices of meals and drinks at cheap prices, in addition to the quiet sessions that it provides to customers, it is witnessing a heavy turnout from citizens, especially at sunset and until midnight.
Struggle and perseverance
The 27-year-old son, Moamen Toman, indicates that he obtained his university degree from the College of Information Technology in 2014, and has not found a suitable job opportunity in his university field until now.
The case of the young man (a believer) applies to his four brothers, who have completed their university studies in various fields and specializations, but they did not have a source of livelihood that suits them, due to the deteriorating living and economic conditions in the besieged sector.
The son (a believer) says: “My brothers and I did not accept that we be without work, without conquering the despair that dominated our family. It gives us a decent life.”
The son is “a believer”: “My brothers and I did not accept that we be without work, without conquering the despair that dominated our family, so we searched for the idea of struggle and perseverance, which was embodied in the opening of our simple and humble project.”
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