(Shatt) The Beach & ( Shatta ) the chili pepper, 2020-2023

These photos are part of a big series, that is documenting, the social and cultural anthropology of the city. Shatta is one of the main ingredients of most Palestinian dishes in Gaza. The burning taste of this spice symbolizes what life means inside Gaza.

On the other hand, Shatt is the masculine version of Shatta & the definition for “beach” – our beach which is filled with people from winter to summer.

Using both terms is important in interchanging the masculine and the feminine. By chance, Shatta, the hot sauce, is delicious yet stinging on the tongue and the belly. Not a single day in Gaza can pass without it. Neither can a day pass without the sea, the Shatt, where residents resort to in order to escape aggressions.