Alaa Daoud, the field coordinator of the women’s safe space, says the initiative was designed to give women a safe environment to express themselves freely and receive psychological and practical support. “Women tell us how much they need safe spaces where they can express themselves freely, safely and comfortably,” Daoud says. For Saleh, the sessions at the safe space do not erase her grief but make it more bearable. At the safe space, she often speaks to younger mothers about raising children at a time when war and displacement have changed family life so dramatically. They are also a way of recognising what women in Gaza have carried throughout the war.