GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — For Maryam Saadi, many of the women in Gaza are miracle workers, who manage to help others despite facing major hardships themselves, but no one knows about them. To bring them into the light, Saadi launched the Facebook page Lady in a Story to document and share the stories that newspapers don't.

Saadi believes their stories need to be told, especially those who have chosen professions considered to be unorthodox for women in their society. Among those she has thus far documented are the Quran tutor Hajja Saadia, the psychologist Dina Nassar and the storyteller and thespian Khitam Abu Kwik.

With a diploma in technology and multimedia from the University College of Applied Sciences, a technical college, Saadi taught herself photography and filmmaking through online tutorials. She then decided to narrate women's stories on Facebook through photography and short videos accompanied by short texts based on interviews with the women and her observations about their lives.

“I decided to create this page as I have always believed that women are the ones who can change the world,” Saadi told Al-Monitor. “Palestinian women in particular lead difficult lives, given the dire economic and political conditions plaguing Gaza.”