Photo essay

’Om (Mother): an intimate portrait of life in the West Bank

A collection of images by Palestinian women tells a powerful story of determination

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Photographs from the book ’Om (Mother) - a collaborative photography project by Barbara Debeuckelaere and all the women of eight families from Tel Rumeida in Hebron, Palestine.
Photographs from the book ’Om (Mother), a collaborative project by Barbara Debeuckelaere and eight women from Hebron. Photographs courtesy of The Eriskay Connection

’Om (Mother) is a collaborative project curated by the Belgian photographer Barbara Debeuckelaere, comprising a series of candid and contemplative images made by women from eight families in Hebron. 

Hebron is a Palestinian city in the West Bank, where a small number of radical Israeli settlers live, protected by a disproportionate military presence. Home to sites sacred to both Jews and Muslims, it is a place of deep divisions, tensions and restrictions for the Palestinian majority. 

The book’s thought-provoking diptychs offer intimate glimpses of everyday life in the historic Tel Rumeida district, from the often neglected perspective of the women who live there. They also tell a powerful story of determination and resistance under occupation.

’Om (Mother) is published by The Eriskay Connection.

Photographs from the book ’Om (Mother) - a collaborative photography project by Barbara Debeuckelaere and all the women of eight families from Tel Rumeida in Hebron, Palestine.
Photograph courtesy of The Eriskay Connection
Photographs from the book ’Om (Mother) - a collaborative photography project by Barbara Debeuckelaere and all the women of eight families from Tel Rumeida in Hebron, Palestine.
Photograph courtesy of The Eriskay Connection
Photographs from the book ’Om (Mother) - a collaborative photography project by Barbara Debeuckelaere and all the women of eight families from Tel Rumeida in Hebron, Palestine.
Photograph courtesy of The Eriskay Connection
Photographs from the book ’Om (Mother) - a collaborative photography project by Barbara Debeuckelaere and all the women of eight families from Tel Rumeida in Hebron, Palestine.
Photograph courtesy of The Eriskay Connection
Photographs from the book ’Om (Mother) - a collaborative photography project by Barbara Debeuckelaere and all the women of eight families from Tel Rumeida in Hebron, Palestine.
Photograph courtesy of The Eriskay Connection
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