Idea for this project titled ‘Home Is’ was born in 2020 when I was studying documentary and photojournalism in South Africa for a year. Just three months into my studies, the Covid-19 pandemic hit, and I found myself stuck there for a year due to quarantines and travel restrictions. The global pandemic, which led to long periods of isolation and uncertainty, made me think about people who don’t have the luxury of choice, those who are forced to leave their homes and families behind due to conflict or other circumstances, and who may never be able to return. I began to see parallels between my experience and that of refugees. Although I was not displaced by war, I felt a sense of rootlessness and longing for home. This realisation sparked my interest in telling the stories of refugee women. I wanted to explore the experiences of women from different countires, who had been forced to leave everything behind—often enduring unimaginable hardships—just to survive.