Hazem Suleiman and the team he captains were practising for the Paris Paralympics until the war. Now he cycles streets where everything is in ruins
Hazem Suleiman, 26, is the captain and photographer of the Gaza Sunbirds, a team of paracyclists from Gaza. Until this week, he was living in a tent in Khan Younis with his wife, eight children and his mother, after they were displaced from Rafah.
What’s an average day like for you?
An average day for me is all about the challenges of being a displaced person living in a tent. My first thoughts on waking up are about how to get water and food, and searching for firewood – things we struggle to acquire due to the catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip. We’ve been without electricity for nine months, and are deprived of many basic necessities.
