The Miracle of Life
Sabrine Khoury / Netherlands & Palestine / 2025 / 8 min
A Palestinian mother-to-be navigates the upheavals of pregnancy from the Netherlands in a deeply personal and partially animated documentary poem.
Sabrine Khoury is expecting a child. As an expectant mother, she struggles with the emotional and physical challenges of pregnancy. And as a Palestinian in the Netherlands, she struggles with her feelings about the unimaginable horrors unfolding in Gaza at the same time.
‘The Miracle of Life’ is a deeply personal and poetic film that, in diary form – and through both film and animation – introduces us to the artist’s personal universe. Khoury reflects on the pain, uncertainty, and physical changes, as well as her own identity, while challenging society’s norms around motherhood.
