Homeland Lost focuses on the Saharawi refugees scattered in Tindouf, Western Algeria and Spain, juxtaposed with images from the Western Sahara, under Moroccan occupation since the end of Spanish colonial rule in 1975. Morocco. 17/05/2009.
A banner depicting 29-year-old Scarlett Urru, an aid worker kidnapped more than four months ago in Algeria, is unveiled at Rome's capitol building. Urru was working at the Sahawari refugee camps in Tindouf when she was abducted.
Rossella Urru, the Italian aid worker who was kidnapped in a Sahrawi refugee camp in Tindouf, was received in Capitol by the mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno, who donated a photo that was displayed in the Capitol to demand her release.
The Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf approximately 1800 km southwest of Algiers, operated by the Polisario Front. Thousands of Sahrawis live in the Moroccan controlled Western Sahara as well as controlled camps. Images taken from 2008-2011.
The leader of the Movement for the Liberation of Western Sahara says the people will arm themselves against Morocco if the UN does not organize a referendum on self-determination.
Sahrawi refugee camps are approximately 1800 km southwest of Algiers. Thousands of Sahrawis live in the Moroccan controlled Western Sahara. Tindouf. 14th December 2011
The Sahrawi refugee camps lie about 1,800 kms southwest of the capital Algiers. Thousands of Sarahawis live in the Mococcan controlled Western Sahara. Tindouf, Algeria. 14th December 2009
The Berm of Western Sahara (also known as the Moroccan Hospital - injured school of War Chraid CherifWall) and the Museum of the People's Liberation Army. Tindouf, Algeria.
Daily life in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria.
From daily work, weddings, preparing tea to the intake of humanitarian aid, the refugee camp can seem busy. 21st March 2011
This photographic project looks at the current position of the Saharawi. After 36 years in exile an infrastructure developed that leads the world as a model of humanitarian aid distribution, open government and healthcare. 11/01/2011
This photographic project looks at the current position of the Saharawi. After 36 years in exile an infrastructure developed that leads the world as a model of humanitarian aid distribution, open government and healthcare. 10th January 2011