Gold in Press/War / Conflict / 2025 / Press / War / Conflict

• Prize
  Gold in Press/War / Conflict, 1st Place winner in Press
• Photographer
  Abdelrahman Alkahlout, Palestine
• Studio
  Freelance Photojournalist

In a scene that embodies resilience and faith, dozens of Palestinians pray atop the rubble of a mosque destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza. Amid massive destruction and under the shadow of war, the ruins become a place of worship. Their prostration on the debris sends a powerful message of defiance in the face of ongoing genocide a testament that the spirit cannot be bombed, even when everything around it is reduced to dust.