Coming of Age as a Girl in Gaza, in Photos – Feature Shoot

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Coming of Age as a Girl in Gaza, in Photos

Yara and her brother waiting for their father to return with schwarma as an evening treat after a recent conflict ended. Beauty is important everywhere. A girl shows off her…

via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2017/08/coming-age-girl-gaza-photos/

When the Istanbul-based photojournalist Monique Jacques traveled to Gaza in 2012, she expected to see evidence of violence and war, and she did. But she also saw something else: pieces of herself as a preteen, teenager, and young woman, mirrored in the many girls who called this place their home. Over the course of five years, she came back to tell their stories, compiled in the upcoming book Gaza Girls: Growing Up in the Gaza Strip.