Hazem Suleiman, 26, is a member of and the photographer for the Gaza Sunbirds, a team of paracyclists from Gaza. Until this week, he was living in a tent in Khan Younis with his wife, eight children and his mother, after they were displaced from Rafah.
What’s an average day like for you?
An average day for me is all about the challenges of being a displaced person living in a tent. My first thoughts on waking up are about how to get water and food, and searching for firewood – things we struggle to acquire due to the catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip. We’ve been without electricity for nine months, and are deprived of many basic necessities.
I try to show what my life is like now on my Instagram page, posting videos daily on what is happening around me. I document everything, from disasters and bombings to aid drops – which sometimes fall directly on us and our homes – all of this is surreal. These situations are like something out of a Hollywood movie, catastrophic events we never imagined we would experience.
