• Moamen Qreiqea is helped out of his house by his brother.
    Moamen Qreiqea is helped out of his house by his brother.
  • Moamen Qreiqea takes pictures of his daughter outside his home in Gaza City.
    Moamen Qreiqea takes pictures of his daughter outside his home in Gaza City.
  • Moamen Qreiqea holds his wheelchair as he rides on a motorcycle past murals of late leader Yasser Arafat and late Hamas spiritual leader Ahmed Yassin, on a street in Gaza City.
    Moamen Qreiqea holds his wheelchair as he rides on a motorcycle past murals of late leader Yasser Arafat and late Hamas spiritual leader Ahmed Yassin, on a street in Gaza City.
  • Palestinian freelance photographer Moamen Qreiqea is helped into a wheelchair as he arrives at a gym with his brother.
    Palestinian freelance photographer Moamen Qreiqea is helped into a wheelchair as he arrives at a gym with his brother.
  • Moamen Qreiqea is reflected in a mirror as he exercises in a gym.
    Moamen Qreiqea is reflected in a mirror as he exercises in a gym.
  • Freelance photographer Moamen Qreiqea uses a laptop computer at a gym.
    Freelance photographer Moamen Qreiqea uses a laptop computer at a gym.
  • Moamen Qreiqea holds his wheelchair as he rides on a motorcycle.
    Moamen Qreiqea holds his wheelchair as he rides on a motorcycle.
  • Moamen Qreiqea speaks with protesters calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.
    Moamen Qreiqea speaks with protesters calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.
  • Palestinian freelance photographer Moamen Qreiqea takes pictures of protesters calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.
    Palestinian freelance photographer Moamen Qreiqea takes pictures of protesters calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.
  • Moamen Qreiqea adjusts his camera strap while covering protesters calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.
    Moamen Qreiqea adjusts his camera strap while covering protesters calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.

Palestinian photographer Moamen Qreiqea determined to keep shooting


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Moamen Qreiqea, 25, lost both his legs in an Israeli air strike in 2008 while taking pictures east of Gaza. The father of two is determined to continue his career despite his disability.