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So Near and Yet So Far: Illustrated accounts

The following graphics depict the stories of women as told in So Near and Yet So Far, a joint report by HaMoked and B’Tselem (January 2014). The report describes how – in cases when either a West Bank woman marries a Gaza resident or a woman from Gaza marries a West Bank man – the Israeli policy of isolation of the Gaza Strip results in a forced separation between families. Women end up feeling torn between their life with their husband and children and their longing to see the family into which they were born and whom they are rarely permitted to visit. We entrusted five women illustrators with the stories of five women who appear in the report. The resulting illustrated accounts will be uploaded here in the coming weeks.

Inspired by Maisoun Haj ‘Ali' testimony
Inspired by Maisoun Haj ‘Ali’s account/Illustrated by Orit Arif
The story of Maha Hijawi
Inspired by Maha Hijawi's account/Illustrated by Noam Rabinovich
The story of ‘Abir Sharaf's
Inspired by ‘Abir Sharaf's account/Illustrated by Julia Lind
The story of Najah Hamdan
Inspired by Najah Hamdan’s account/Illustrated by Adi Elkin
The story of Asmaa Zaghlul
Inspired by Asmaa Zaghlul’s account / Illustrated by Ilana Zeffren
Israel’s regime of apartheid and occupation is inextricably bound up in human rights violations. B’Tselem strives to end this regime, as that is the only way forward to a future in which human rights, democracy, liberty and equality are ensured to all people, both Palestinian and Israeli, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.