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Sahar Al Attar

Mushroom Houses For Gaza? Arab Designers Offer Home-grown Innovations

Mushroom-based structures are an appealing alternative to the shelters now housing many displaced Gazans (Credit: AFP)

As winter descends on Gaza's tent cities, emergency housing made from mushrooms could keep out the cold -- just one of several sustainable, home-grown innovations put forward by Arab designers at an expo in Dubai.

Lightweight, warm and versatile, mushroom-based structures are an appealing alternative to the flimsy shelters now housing many thousands of Gazans displaced by more than a year of war, according to Dima Al Srouri, a member of the ReRoot initiative.

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