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A 25-year-old former French literature student who dropped out of university when hyperinflation made it impossible. Taught himself engineering through YouTube, books, and scientific articles, and built a vertical wind turbine called "Green X" from old water drums, steel beams, and a cart wheel on his grandmother's rooftop in Akkar. It now powers his family and 6 neighbours.
The government supplies Akkar with one to two hours of electricity per day at best. Solar panels had become the dominant workaround, but they produce nothing at night or on cloudy days. Sabsabi's turbine was designed to cover exactly that gap.
Green X — a wind turbine built from plastic barrels and steel beams on a grandmother's rooftop
Mohamad Sabsabi, 25, former French literature student. Bebnine, Akkar governorate, northern Lebanon.
Muhammad’s family home and 6 neighbours
Amid repeated electricity blackouts and infrastructure collapse in the Gaza Strip, residents have developed collective charging docks as a survival system. With grid access often limited to a few hours per day, and fuel shortages restricting generator use, small-scale entrepreneurs and households began setting up charging stations powered by solar panels, batteries, or generators. These docks operate as informal micro-infrastructures where neighbours bring phones, batteries, and small devices to recharge for a small fee or through exchange. In dense urban areas and displacement settings, they function as critical points of communication, enabling people to stay connected, access information, and coordinate daily life.
Residents of Gaza
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