As a winter storm batters the Gaza Strip, Huda Abu Jazar, has been preparing her tent for floods while in Qatar, her son Ehab gets ready for one of the biggest football matches Palestine has ever played.
The head coach of the national team - who comes from Rafah in the south of Gaza - has told sports journalists that he dedicates his side's qualification in the quarterfinals of the Fifa Arab Cup to his mother.
"From the womb of suffering, success is born," Mrs Abu Jazar says of the Palestinian footballers' recent achievements. "They feel for us, and they know what has happened to us, and they are doing the impossible to bring joy to the Palestinian people."
After two years of devastating war, Gazans have crammed into coffee shops since the start of the month to watch their side play. Palestine dramatically beat Asian champions, Qatar, 1-0 in the opening game of the tournament, memorably prompting Ehab Abu Jazar to break into a run along the touchline, jumping in the air and hugging his players.
They then came back from 2-0 down to draw their second match against Tunisia.
