Tanya Habjouqa/NOOR Ramallah Two Ramallah high schoolers with big dreams take ballet together.

Occupied Palestinian Territories, Gaza, Gaza City, 26 May 2013 Sabah Abu Ghanem, 14, waits for a wave on a slow surf day.

Occupied Palestinian Territories, West Bank, Abwein, 29 May 2015 A coffee seller in traditional dress takes a break for a smoke, in Abwein on the West Bank.

Israel, Jerusalem, 12 May 2006 A Palestinian draq queen (r) performs a show at the gay club in Jerusalem. .Israeli and Palestinian drag queens perform a show in a Jerusalem gay club, where the only wall between the people is a dressing room. Tanya Habjouqa / NOOR

Occupied Palestinian Territories, 2017 "Holy Trilogy: a portrait of a  Mother, hidden pregnant belly, and daughter in lap. " Over the last eight years, a 31-year-old pregnant mother of two known as Umm Ahmad has had two miscarriages and an induced abortion. She was four months pregnant when in January 2015 a tear gas canister entered her house. She hid inside the bathroom to avoid the tear gas, but was still asphyxiated by it and almost lost consciousness. She was taken in a taxi to al-Hussein hospital in the nearby town of Beit Jala. Following advice from several doctors, she decided to have an induced abortion as the health of the fetus was abnormal. She expressed her fears to Amnesty International about being pregnant while living in Aida refugee camp. “I am pregnant again, but I don’t like pregnancy. I am now afraid of having an unhealthy child. Not that it is unfair for me, but it’s unfair on the child. But what should we do? Not have children?… Hopefully God will make up for the ones that were lost. We will never stop having children, even if we get tear gassed every day." Tanya Habjouqa / NOOR

Hala, 20, reenacts her (second) wedding night. She says that after the nuptials, her mother-in-law brutally beat her, claiming “her son was being too kind to her.” The abuse lasted for six days before Hala returned home. She asked for a divorce, but her husband and his family refused unless she paid back the 3,000 USD they claimed to have paid for the wedding “party” (a humble affair in her apartment), shoes, dress rental, set of gold jewelry, and preparations for her new life. Her mother had to borrow 560 USD to pay a lawyer to enforce the divorce and receive her dowry money (1,500 USD).

Just after sunrise, after first appearance of the priest sharing book encased in silver. Share a deep dive into the world of the Samaritans, an ancient sect in the West Bank. The story follows an Samaritan historian/spokesperson as he tries to find some valuable antiquities that were stolen from their temple. The story is about ancient bible manuscripts stolen from the Samaritans’ synagogue in the West Bank, and the quest to track them down and discover who stole them. The story goes deep into the world of the Samaritans, one of the world’s oldest and smallest religious sects, and how their ancient Torah manuscripts are central to their identity. The sunrise pilgrimage on Wednesday is a dramatic visual example of what makes this sect unique and mysterious, and why they prize their Torah manuscripts, with a Samaritan priest thrusting a silver-cased Torah scroll into the air as Samaritans surround him atop their sacred mountain. Currently, the population of Samaritans living in the community in Mt Gerizim is 800, and they only do an exact count each January 1. The numbers will be updated by end of this year. It all begins in the Mt Gerizim synagogue, wailing and praying from 2 am before they leave and begin marching to peak of sacred mountain. This happens just before sunrise, at 4/4:30, for hours of prayers and rituals around the sacred book, along with a stunning sunrise pilgrimage on the Samaritans’ holy mountain. A Samaritan priest thrusts a silver-plated torah scroll toward the heavens, surrounded by the samaritans. Several times this repeats during the service.

"Dahab Island" a small community living on a tiny island in middle of Nile, right in thriving Cairo.

Occupied Palestinian Territories, Khan al-Ahmar, 03 July 2012 Young man from Khan Ahmar relaxes in his home. A graduate of the only school present in area for the Bedouin, his future plans include working illegally as a builder for various Israeli construction projects. Tanya Habjouqa / NOOR

Jerusalem, 2017 A portrait of a Breslov following Israeli in a Mikveh (a ritual immersion in Judaism) in Jerusalem. The Hasidic movement combines the esoteric secrets of Judaism (the Kabbalah) with in-depth Torah scholarship. Some see it as the Jewish equivalent of Sufism. Tanya Habjouqa / NOOR