Along the Mediterranean Coast :: My friend in Gaza, Ibrahem El Shatali :: December 2010

Photos by Skip Schiel & Teeksa Photography—teeksaphoto.org

During the fighting between Hamas and Fatah in June 2007, while trying to non violently end the shooting, Ibrahem was shot thru the chest. The bullet punctured his lung, he was in critical condition for days, close to death. "Ibrahem," I asked as we interviewed him last December for our movie, "would you do it again, risk your life to end the interfactional violence and the siege on Gaza?" "I would," he replied.