Ameera Al-Rajabi

A Palestinian skyline

Surrounded by crocodiles in an orange home

In the West Bank, 21,000 homes have been shattered by the incarceration of a family member. Ameera Al-Rajabi reflects on the human toll of mass imprisonment.

A shoe, a sock and an edge of a table on a tiled floor

The Detained Sock

I’m exhausted by the countless international agreements promising “children’s rights.” The words are everywhere, yet they hold no weight in our reality.

Hands bound by a chain and lock

Tightened Ropes

The first occupation is like a rope around our necks, but the second is like a rope tied around our hands, tightening every day, rendering us voiceless, unable to act or speak out.

A journalist wearing a press jacket makes photos

Is it Worth It?

Taking photos isn’t just a job—it’s our way to resist, exist, preserve our history, and keep our story alive.

an image of a concrete barrier that stands alone at the told of a hill overlooking sandy hills and a gloomy sky. The text overlay reads "Beyond Statistics: Gaza's Human Stories"

Beyond Statistics: Gaza’s Human Stories

The horrors of violence reached my family this week, when my brother received a phone call to inform him that Israeli soldiers had killed his best friend. This murder is part of the aftershock throughout the West Bank as a result of Israel’s war on Gaza.

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