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Crazy Water Aqua Fun Park was a water park in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian territories, that served the territory's small wealthy class.〔 The park opened in May 2010 and was burned down by masked men in September 2010, after being closed by the Palestinian Hamas de facto government for allowing men and women to mingle.〔〔 In July, one Australian newspaper called it "the new sensation" among Gaza's "privileged."〔(" Seaside in Gaza: the dress code's almost as dangerous as the surf ) July 31, 2010, The Age.〕 Mohammed Al-Araj, a former economics minister for the Hamas de facto government in the Gaza Strip, was one of the owners of the park.〔("As the Israeli blockade eases, Gaza goes shopping" ), Donald Macintyre, 26 July 2010, ''The Independent''.〕〔("New Gaza Leisure Projects Focus on Fun Not Hardship" ) August 2, 2010, Reuters, New York Times.〕〔 Two thousand families visited the Crazy Water Park during the first four days that it was open.〔 ==Features== The landscaped water park, west of Gaza City,〔(Gaza: Assailants set fire to water park ), Ma'an News Agency 19-09-2010〕 featured 3 swimming pools, a canal 100 meters long, three water slides, ponds with pedalos, a restaurant, a cafe, and a quiet area shaded by a tent where adults could sit on carpets and listen to music.〔()"People relax at newly opened theme park," Shahanaaz Habib, May 21, 2010, ''The Malaysia Star''.〕〔〔 The atmosphere was secular, with popular secular tunes playing over the loudspeakers and women in international-style clothing.〔 A lifting of the government ban on women smoking in public made it legal for women to smoke the popular nargilas at the Park's cafe.〔("Edict lifted for female smokers" ) Jason Koutsoukis, July 29, 2010, The Sunday Morning Herald.〕 The park was built with materials assembled from war-torn buildings as well as materials brought through the Gaza Strip smuggling tunnels.〔 Construction was completed in six months.〔 Admission was 10 shekels, the equivalent of about $2.60 as of mid-2010, but using the water slide costs another 5 shekels, and going into the pool costs an extra 20 shekels.〔 The park cost $2 million to build.〔 According to Ayman Barawi, the Park's financial manager, "This park is a form of escape. People need a chance to escape from the stress. We brought 'air' to the people."〔 According to The Guardian, the water park was part of an entertainment "circuit" for wealthy Palestinians in Gaza, which includes seaside cafes, browsing at the Gaza Mall and riding at the Faisal Equestrian Club, adjacent to the Park.〔("Gaza's elite enjoy riding at Faisal," ) Harriet Sherwood, September 6, 2010, The Guardian.〕 The Park had 106 employees, not counting about 80 vendors supplying services and goods such as food.〔 Park employees earned the equivalent of between $250 and $300 a month, considered a good wage in Gaza, where over 80% of the population received welfare payments from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and other international aid agencies.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crazy Water Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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