Palestinian twins to open a restaurant in an old Boeing in West Bank


By AGENCY
  • People
  • Sunday, 03 Oct 2021

Ata (left) and Chamis are ready to roll with their newly-designed Boeing in the West Bank. Photos: Eva-Maria Krafczyk/dpa

In Nablus, the West Bank, an old Boeing 707 plane is nestled among brambles, dust and stones.

It might look as though it had crash-landed on the concrete strip. But for 60-year-old twin brothers Ata and Chamis al-Sairafi, the aircraft is the product of decades of work.

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