
“How am I going to hug you, Mom?” The journey of Mahmoud from Gaza to the World Press Photo of 2025
“When he first woke up, he wasn’t fully awake… I hugged him, and he said, “But how am I going to hug you, Mom?” starts her story Nour Ajjour, Mahmoud’s mother. Summer of 2023. Ten-year-old Mahmoud Ajjour darted through the narrow alleyways of Al-Daraj in …