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An Elegy for the Death of Hamun
Hashem Shakeri

An Elegy for the Death of Hamun

Photos
10
Status
Public
Created
Nov 07, 2018
Updated
Feb 08, 2022
Categories
Contemporary Issues Fine Art

Photos (10)

Nabi Sarani, 63 years of age, is a livestock holder and a farmer who has lost many of his sheep this year after the severe drought, and only these few are left. However, he hopes to return to agriculture with the fresh water he acquired from a well he recently found
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The Saravani family has lived in this region for more than 100 years.
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The reeds of the dried land in Hamun Lake automatically catch fire because of excessive dryness and hot sunlight, causing a huge fire in the dried land of the lake. The firefighter cars are there to extinguish the fires during hot seasons
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Choutani Village, Dashtyari Region, Cha’bahar, Balouchestan. 
Four girls from a family in Choutani village who are taking water from a Houtag.
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The Adimi, Dehno (new village), Sistan. Here is part of the Helmand water, which once entered the city for the use of people, but it is dried up now. The fishermen’s boats are abandoned here
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Zahak dam, Zahak. Sistan. Until last year, water ran under this dam, but now urban sewage runs through it. Some teenagers caught fish from this dirty water. These poor guys sell the fish and get money to buy bread for their family.
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Hoveida, a 30 year old addict, lived next to the Zahak Dam, which was, until recently, full of water. It is now dried up, and only urban sewage flows through it, and it is full of garbage. At only 30 years old, Hoveida says that he is at the end of his rope and hopes to die soon. The Zahak municipality and city council are located are in the near surrounding area
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Severe lack of water and drought have caused the palm trees to dry out, and people have left their houses and moved to other cities because of unemployment and water crisis. Pelgi Village, Edimi Town, Sistan
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Nohrab Bridge, Zabol, Sistan. The river that flowed under this bridge was a branch of the Helmand River, and ran into the Hamun Lake. This region was full of water, even in the previous year, but is now completely dried up. A family is removing soil from the riverbed to use for their house garden. They believe that this soil is alluvial and beneficial to the growth of plants
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Hossein, a 13-year-old boy, is from Boris, Chaabahar. The natives in Boris are the oldest residents in Chaabahar. People of Boris live in hardship, poverty, and famine.
 However, most of the residents in Zabol, especially farmers and livestock breeders, after seeing their farms dried and their livestock lost, have decided to move to the tourist city, Chaabahr, which suffers from lack of water.
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