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Newsworthy
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Newsworthy
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Newsworthy
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Final Project Contact Sheets
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Final Project Contact Sheets
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Final Project Contact Sheets
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Final Project Contact Sheets
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From the looks of it, it seems impossible for a family to live in such a place surrounded by garbage and traffic. But many are forced into such a life because of poverty.
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This serves as the entrance of their house. One must climb the stairs of the pirate ship swing to enter.
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Karim, their cousin, is the elder brother figure for these kids. ‘We love him because he brings us sweets every once in a while!’
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Playfully and together, they chase the day away.
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This little one, Isaq, is always hovering near his mother. Being the youngest, he is naturally the most attached to her.
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The kids adore their khala, Talat, who passes her day looking after the kids as they play around
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Despite everything, she still kind and hasn't let calamities harden her
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Rehana has happily taken up the duty of cooking for her home. She says it gives her something to do than just sit around the entire day waiting for it to pass.
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According to all the cousins, Tehreem is the mischievous one amongst the two sisters.
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Tehreem had quite the fascination with the camera, and couldn’t stay away from getting her pictures taken.
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The family seemed to have made peace with the fact of no privacy, as the underpass is always busy with cars rushing by.
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Despite being camera shy, these sisters managed to smile for the camera.
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These two were jumping on the ‘palang’ when I approached them. ‘They are inseparable’, said their mother.
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They have made the little space, into a home with the bare necessities that they could get their hands on. From water coolers, old trunks, make shift beds to even cutlery to cook.
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Mavia and Ifrah, are siblings, residing in the most unconventional, make shift house due to being stuck in the spiral of poverty.
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Khizer, has been picking up trash and rubble from streets of Karachi, for a few years now.
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Ruqaya was abandoned by her children, now she sits near Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mazaar.
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Nadir, Fakhra’s brother, never leaves her side, even on the streets.
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Fakhra is the sole guardian of her two younger brothers. After the death of their mother they have been forced to begging on the streets to make ends meet.
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These men find refuge from the sweltering heat, in the hade of the trees near Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mazaar.
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Gadani
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Gadani
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Gadani
