Fotografija snimljena u Ammanu, Jordan, u martu 2024. tokom zadatka za The New York Times, prikazuje 13-godišnjeg Mohammeda Ashoura, pacijenta oboljelog od raka iz Gaze, kako provodi vrijeme na svom pametnom telefonu u hodniku hotela na 4. katu, gdje su i drugi pacijenti iz Gaze smješteni na liječenju.
Kada je rat počeo, ono što je Mohammed najviše mrzio, rekao je, bio je zvuk zračnih napada. Mirisi nakon eksplozije također su bili problem i otežavali bi mu disanje. U njegovoj hotelskoj sobi, Mohammedovi prijatelji obično se izmjenjuju na PlayStationu. Sakrio ga je u torbu kada je njegova obitelj pobjegla iz središnje Gaze, znajući da mu otac ne bi dopustio da ga spakira.
Photo taken in Amman, Jordan, in March 2024, during an assignment for The New York Times, shows 13-year-old Mohammed Ashour, a cancer patient from Gaza, spending time on his smartphone in the hotel’s corridor on the 4th floor, where other patients from Gaza are housed for treatment.
When the war started, what Mohammed hated most, he said, was the sound of airstrikes. The smells after an explosion were also a problem and would make his breathing difficult. At his hotel room, Mohammed’s friends usually take turns on his PlayStation. He hid it in a bag when his family fled central Gaza, knowing his father would not have allowed him to pack it.
Fotografija / Photo by Laura Boushnak
