"Gaza Girls: Growing Up in the Gaza Strip"

Photographer and journalist Monique Jaques presents her award-winning photo book, Gaza Girls: Growing Up in the Gaza Strip, which looks at moments of laughter, dreaming, and living for young girls in Gaza, despite the difficulty and constraints that define their reality.
Exploring issues of identity and religion, Gaza Girls follows the journey of young women as they attempt to defy adversity and claim back the happiness that was taken away from their daily life. This project was first published in The New York Times and has been syndicated in Marie Claire Italy, Vogue Italy, Panorama Italy, The Telegraph and The Guardian UK. Jaques discusses how she produced this book and the lessons learned along the way.