I wait for the light. Everything is beautiful, but only in my room, not in Gaza. I’m ready to die in this room unless I find a better place. – Gaza Artist, Nidaa Badwan, of her more than 100 Days of Solitude painting gorgeous self portraits in her 100 square foot room.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/world/middleeast/finding-gaza-unbearable-artist-creates-her-own-world-in-one-room.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news