The pharmacist who sells onions: Palestinians go hydroponic in Jordan's 'Gaza camp'

In crowded Jerash refugee camp, hydroponic horticulture allows residents to grow their own crops efficiently in an arid country - and provides a stateless people with an incomeIdris Abu Saleh has got used to being known as the chemist who grows the best onions. Unable to find any work after graduation, now, aged 23, he is supporting his family of eight from his homemade hydroponic greenhouse in a refugee camp in northern Jordan."People keep commenting on me being the pharmacist who sells onions," said Abu Saleh. "But I try not to let that bother me - it's a job." Continue reading...