Sahrawi: in No Man’s Land, Algeria

Today, the Sahrawis live in poor conditions in refugee camps scattered about the Moroccan-occupied Saharan desert. Stripped of their main source of income (fishing and phosphate), the Sahrawis can barely survive through the scarce humanitarian aid available, victims of colonial upheaval, exile and poverty.

Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Said Mohamed Fadel, victim of an anti-tank mine at the Wounded War Martir Cherif hospital.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Said Mohamed Fadel, victim of an anti-tank mine at the Wounded War Martir Cherif hospital.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Brahim Houssein Abeidi, victim of a mine at the Wounded War Martir Cherif hospital.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Brahim Houssein Abeidi, victim of a mine at the Wounded War Martir Cherif hospital.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: ABDELKADER TALEB OMAR, Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: ABDELKADER TALEB OMAR, Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Mahfoud Ali Beiba Hammad Dueihi was a Sahrawi politician and co-founder of the Polisario Front, a national liberation movement that seeks self-determination for Western Sahara. From 1975 until his death, he lived in exile in the refugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Mahfoud Ali Beiba Hammad Dueihi was a Sahrawi politician and co-founder of the Polisario Front, a national liberation movement that seeks self-determination for Western Sahara. From 1975 until his death, he lived in exile in the refugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Woman waiting in front of her house.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Woman waiting in front of her house.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Woman crossing.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Woman crossing.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Woman preparing food in the kitchen of her house.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Woman preparing food in the kitchen of her house.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Woman drawing water from the well in front of her house.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Woman drawing water from the well in front of her house.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Extracting water from the well for adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Extracting water from the well for adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Man waiting in front of the door of his house built with adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Man waiting in front of the door of his house built with adobe bricks.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Man with food for animals.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Man with food for animals.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Chopping a sheep.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Chopping a sheep.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Having tea in the backroom of the butcher shop.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Having tea in the backroom of the butcher shop.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Garbage collection.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Garbage collection.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Two girls sharing book at school.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Two girls sharing book at school.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Recess at Dakhla School.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Recess at Dakhla School.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Children playing.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Children playing.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Friends playing with the water of a broken pipe.
Dakhla refugee camp, Tindouf, Wilaya de Tindouf, Algerian Sahara, 2009: Friends playing with the water of a broken pipe.

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