The Reportage

Between Gaza and Naples. A Childhood Story

A Story Beyond War

This project is born from the encounter of two free voices coming from distant worlds, yet united by the same urgency to bear witness.

On one side, Mahmoud Abu Al-Qaraya, a 29-year-old photographer from Gaza, who after years of hard work and recognition saw his career and his life shattered by war: his family displaced four times, the loss of his camera — his only working tool — and a daily struggle against hunger, disease, and constant bombardment.
On the other side, Raffaele Annunziata, a Neapolitan photographer and artist known as *tylerdurdan***, who for over a decade has combined music, images, and words as a form of cultural resistance, with the aim of denouncing injustice and restoring centrality to what makes us human.

Together, they have chosen to tell — through parallel photographs — the everyday life of two little girls, one in Naples and the other in Gaza. Scenes that appear simple elsewhere (playing, going to school, having breakfast) become almost impossible under siege.

Between Naples and Gaza. A Childhood Story is not only a photographic project, but a narrative and ethical bridge: to give voice to those at risk of being silenced, reminding the world that childhood is a universal right.

The project also supports the campaign “Mahmoud Loves Photography, Family & Life ❤️”, a concrete appeal to help Mahmoud and his family rebuild their life and his work as a photographer.

Between Gaza and Naples. A Childhood Story is a project bringing together two perspectives: Raffaele Annunziata (tylerdurdan*), an artist from Naples, and Mahmoud Abu Al-Qaraya, a photographer from Gaza. Through parallel images, we tell childhood in two distant worlds, to remind the world that childhood is a universal right.