In her new Paris home, Palestinian artist Maha Al-Daya pulled a needle and thread through material as news for war-torn Gaza blared in the background.

“Before the war I used to embroider for happy occasions, but today I stitch away my pain,” said the 41-year-old visual artist, who also paints.

Daya, her husband and three children — aged eight, 15 and 18 — are among several hundreds of Palestinians to have been granted a visa to France since the war on Gaza broke out in October 2023.

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