Born in Cana of Galilee, Safaa Khatib lives and works in Cultural Heritage and Restoration in Florence, Italy. She has a Bachelor of Arts in photography from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem (2016), and a Master's degree in cinema studies from the University of Haifa. She has exhibited numerous art projects in Europe and throughout Palestine, and is the recipient of a number of awards, including the first prize winner of the 2018 Young Artist of the Year award by the Qattan Foundation for her work, "The Braids Rebellion".