There are few surfers in the Gaza Strip, and fewer still are female. One of them is Sabah Abu Ghanim, who loves the joy and the freedom of the sea. But, as Rebecca Collard learns, the 12-year-old realises that cultural and social norms may bring an end to her riding the waves.
Sabah Abu Ghanim’s brother carries her new surfboard across the seaside road that separates her family home from Gaza’s Mediterranean coast. The board – donated by an American surf group – is two feet taller than 12-year-old Sabah.
She slips her board into the water and  … More
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