Nael al-Barghouthi’s suit remains hanging in his bedroom in Kobar, near Ramallah, Palestine. Al-Barghouthi’s wife, Iman Nafi, keeps all her husband’s clothes and belongings in place. Al-Barghouthi was arrested in 1978 after an anti-Israel commando operation. He was released in 2011, married Iman Nafi, but re-arrested in 2014 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He has spent more than 40 years in prison—the longest-serving Palestinian inmate in Israeli jails.

Lydia Rimawi lies on her sofa in Beit Rima, near Ramallah, Palestine, in December 2018. Her husband Abdul Karim Rimawi was arrested in 2001 and sentenced to 25 years in prison for involvement in the assassination of Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze’evi. The couple have a son, Majd, who was born as a result of IVF in 2013. In 2014, Abdul Karim was fined around US$1,500 for smuggling his semen from prison, and deprived of family visits for two months.

A portrait of Atta Abdelgami hangs in his house in Tulkarm, Palestine. Abdelgami is serving a life sentence. He and his wife Rula Ali Ahmed have two children who were conceived using IVF.

A separation barrier divides the Pisgat Zeev Israeli Settlement (left) from the Shuafat Refugee Camp, near Jerusalem. Palestinians complain of a feeling of being perpetually trapped behind the barrier, as if they lived in a large open-air prison.

Wives, mothers, and children of Palestinian prisoners reach a checkpoint in Beit Seira, Palestine. Many face long journeys in order to cross into Israel to visit their relatives in prison. Some have to travel on journeys lasting many hours to get to the prison for a 45-minute visit.

A chocolate bar conceals a pen case, a favored method of smuggling semen out of prison.

Remah Bauod, whose husband is serving a life sentence, lies beside her newborn daughter Racha, conceived following IVF, at the Razan Center for Infertility, in Nablus, Palestine, in January 2015.

A baby born a few hours earlier lies inside an incubator at Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza, in January 2015.

Amma Elian, whose husband has been serving a life-sentence since 2003, sits with twins born following IVF, in Tulkarm, Palestine, in January 2015.

A love letter sent by long-term prisoner Abdul Karim Rimawi to his wife Lydia.

Hanadi Moussa Moghrabi sits with her twins, Nour and Sondus, born following IVF, in their home in Bethlehem, Palestine. Her husband Ahmed was arrested in 2002 during the Second Intifada on charges of being the local head of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and is serving 11 life sentences. 

A heart-shaped medallion made by a prisoner for his daughter, in Abu Dis, Palestine.

A portrait of Mazen Rimawi, a former Palestinian political prisoner and uncle to Majd Rimawi, whose father is serving a 25-year sentence. Majd was born in 2013, following IVF.

Rafeef Ka'abneh (4), who was conceived following IVF, sits in her garden in Jericho, Palestine. Her 49-year-old father is serving two life sentences.

Over the years, families with whom the photographer has established a close relationship have given him mementos of prisoners and their children.

An image of former leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat, is seen through the fog on Al-Manara square, Ramallah, Palestine.

Lydia Rimawi travels with her son Majd to visit her husband in prison. She leaves home at 5am and has to take three different buses and pass through a checkpoint to reach the prison.

Abdul Karim Rimawi, who was arrested in 2001 and is serving a 25-year sentence, is father to Majd, who was born in 2013, following IVF.

Majd Rimawi plays with his cell phone in Beit Rima, Palestine.

Olive trees in Palestine reflect light coming over the separation barrier from Israel. Olive trees carry more than just economic significance in the lives of Palestinians. They are considered symbolic of Palestinians’ attachment to their land, and their longevity is seen to represent continuity.

Mazen Rimawi’s shadow falls onto a tent at the home of his brother-in-law Abdul Karim Rimawi,  in Beit Rima, Palestine. Abdul Karim was arrested in 2001 and is serving a 25-year sentence. He is father to Majd, who was born in 2013 following IVF.

A model boat, made by a prisoner, floats on the Dead Sea in Palestine. Prison inmates often make objects to give to their loved ones during family visits. 

Manwa Shaheen (35) holds her son Ali (five months) at a window in Ramallah, Palestine, in November 2017. Her husband Ahmad was arrested in 2001 and sentenced to 22 years in prison. Ali was conceived using IVF.

Majd Rimawi is pictured on a cell phone on his seventh birthday. His father Abdul Karim Abdul Karim was arrested in 2001 and is serving a 25-year sentence.

Majd Rimawi walks in the rain with a cardboard box over his head, in Beit Rima, Palestine, in December 2018.

A woman who works for the Palestinian Prisoners Club, a non-governmental organization that supports Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails and their families, waves the Palestinian flag, in Jericho, Palestine.

Majd rides his bicycle in front of the family home, in Beit Rima, Palestine. Majd, whose father has been in jail since 2001 serving a 25-year sentence, was conceived using IVF.

Birds take flight at the sounds of gunshots, on Friday, 14 December 2018, in Ramallah, Palestine. Israeli soldiers released teargas and fired gunshots to disperse protesters at one of the weekly Friday demonstrations at points along the border between Israel and Palestine.

Sondus Moghrabi plays on the sofa at home in Bethlehem, Palestine. Sonus in one of twin girls born following IVF. Her father, Ahmed Moghrabi, was arrested in 2002 during the Second Intifada on charges of being the local head of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and is serving a number of life sentences. 

An old television, unable to pick up a signal, is suggestive of the difficulties in communication between men in prison and their families.

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