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Children attend their first day at Shefa Amr School in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, Gaza, after nearly three years without in-person instruction because of Israel’s genocide on Gaza, 19 September 2026. Around 400,000 students returned to classes held in tents in an area that is now home to around 900,000 displaced people. More than 97 percent of schools have been damaged or destroyed by Israeli attacks since October 2023. (Editor's note: photos taken with a mobile phone, which might affect printing quality and the preview on the website).
The Activestills collective was established in 2005 by a group of documentary photographers, out of a strong conviction that photography is a vehicle for social change. We believe in the power of images to shape public attitudes and to raise awareness on issues that are generally absent from public discourse.
We view ourself as part of the struggle against all forms of oppression, racism, and violations of the basic right to freedom. We do work on various topics, including the grassroots movement and the popular struggle against the Israeli occupation, women’s rights, immigration, asylum-seekers, social justice, the siege on Gaza, and housing rights inside Israel.
