Children perform tricks on skateboards at the SkateQilya summer camp in the West Bank town of Qalqilya.
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Ramping Up the West Bank's Skateboard Scene
A small zoo in the Palestinian territories is an unlikely place to find a budding community of skateboarders. But dozens of youngsters rolled up to a wooden ramp in Qalqilya Zoo last month -- not far from enclosures containing lions, peacocks and monkeys -- to learn the tricks of the skater trade.
