On October 7—her birthday and the day the war on Gaza began—photojournalist Haneen Salem chose to turn devastation into life. After documenting the crimes against Gaza’s children, she and her husband,…

On October 7—her birthday and the day the war on Gaza began—photojournalist Haneen Salem chose to turn devastation into life. After documenting the crimes against Gaza’s children, she and her husband, journalist Ibrahim Al-Khalili, decided to have a child as an act of defiance in a world trying to erase Palestinian life. For Haneen, motherhood in Gaza is resistance; every newborn is a reminder that Palestine lives on.