The Habjouqa
@habjouqa.bsky.social
Photojournalist | Artist | Researcher@ UW–Madison.
Tracing how land remembers what people are forced to forget.
Tracing how land remembers what people are forced to forget.
Reposted by The Habjouqa
We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...
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October 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Salamat, Yall. It seems my account was removed from X for political content. New here....there must be more than this provincial life ;) Is there a community here?
January 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Salamat, Yall. It seems my account was removed from X for political content. New here....there must be more than this provincial life ;) Is there a community here?