"We Want to play forever"

  • Dates
    2016 - Ongoing
  • Author
  • Topics Portrait, Contemporary Issues, Sports

Behind the doors of an unassuming youth club in Abu Dis, Palestine, lies a world of dreams. A far cry from the daily reality of conflict, a separation wall, unemployment, instability and unknown futures, young girls play football to their hearts content. They come here to be free and do what they lo

Behind the doors of an unassuming youth club in Abu Dis, Palestine, lies a world of dreams. A far cry from the daily reality of conflict, a separation wall, unemployment, instability and unknown futures, young girls play football to their hearts content. They come here to be free and do what they love, its the one thing they are certain of and the one thing they live for.

© Shai Chishty - Image from the "We Want to play forever" photography project
© Shai Chishty - Image from the "We Want to play forever" photography project
© Shai Chishty - Image from the "We Want to play forever" photography project
© Shai Chishty - Image from the "We Want to play forever" photography project
© Shai Chishty - Image from the "We Want to play forever" photography project
© Shai Chishty - Image from the "We Want to play forever" photography project
© Shai Chishty - Image from the "We Want to play forever" photography project
© Shai Chishty - Image from the "We Want to play forever" photography project
© Shai Chishty - Image from the "We Want to play forever" photography project
© Shai Chishty - Image from the "We Want to play forever" photography project
© Shai Chishty - Image from the "We Want to play forever" photography project

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