Part of the series Hush Ñ a project that maps the various stories of a group of Palestinian women, each of whom Ñ for one reason or another Ñ became a victim of gender-based violence and was consequently placed in a shelter or a so-called safe ÒI was unhappy in my marriage. It was a forced marriage and I was only sixteen years old. I decided to get pregnant by the man I truly loved. I wanted at least a piece of what I loved. I spent all my pregnancy in jail. My lover saw his child only once at court.Ó - Haneen.

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Photo credit: © Samar Hazboun / Alamy / Afripics
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