Paul Patrick Borhaug

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The Violence of Silence

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Sahlka stands outside her refug...ving in this tent for 35 years.

Sahlka stands outside her refugee tent in Western Sahara. She has been living in this tent for 35 years.

A Polisario guard sits at a desert outpost.

Kids playing on an old car in Tindouf Refugee Camp, Algeria.

An Polisario war veteran.

A man is seen walking past heap...ugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria.

A man is seen walking past heaps of containers having once brought food-aid to the Refugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria.

Kazim -A Saharawi man sits outs... 28th of February refugee camp.

Kazim -A Saharawi man sits outside a butcher in 28th of February refugee camp.

Ibrahim - A Saharawi man.

Mbira - A Saharawi woman in a traditional dress.

Najla - Saharawi woman outside her home.

Malak - A saharawi girl in a traditional dress.

Aziza - Saharawi woman gazing over Smara refugee camp.

Idriss - A member of the Somaliland Guurti (House of Elders)

Salimata - Sahelian Girl in todays occupied area of Azawad.

Soldiers standing guard outside Hargeisa Airport, Somaliland.

Special Protection Unit soldier...an tank in Berbera, Somaliland.

Special Protection Unit soldier on top of an old Russian tank in Berbera, Somaliland.

Two schoolgirls in front of an old tank in Hargeisa, Somaliland.

Moneychangers in the streets of Hargeisa, Somaliland.

Soldiers chewing Khat, Somaliland.

Camel herder, Somaliland.

An old couple outside their home in todays occupied Azawad.

Guarani indian chiefs fighting ...ts, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil.

Guarani indian chiefs fighting off evil spirits, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil.

A fence separating occupied Gua...owa people wanting to reoccupy.

A fence separating occupied Guarani territory and makeshift shacks of Guarani-Kaiowa people wanting to reoccupy.

A young Guarani Kaiowa girl, li...der occupation by ranch owners.

A young Guarani Kaiowa girl, living under occupation by ranch owners.

A young Guarani - Kaiowa.

Guarani - Kaiowa Chief.

Guarani Kaiowa chief.

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Thumbnail of A man is seen walking past heaps_fugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria.

Thumbnail of Kazim -A Saharawi man sits outsi_n 28th of February refugee camp.

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Thumbnail of Malak - A saharawi girl in a traditional dress.

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Thumbnail of Salimata - Sahelian Girl in todays occupied area of Azawad.

Thumbnail of Soldiers standing guard outside Hargeisa Airport, Somaliland.

Thumbnail of Special Protection Unit soldier _ian tank in Berbera, Somaliland.

Thumbnail of Two schoolgirls in front of an old tank in Hargeisa, Somaliland.

Thumbnail of Moneychangers in the streets of Hargeisa, Somaliland.

Thumbnail of Soldiers chewing Khat, Somaliland.

Thumbnail of An old couple outside their home in todays occupied Azawad.

Thumbnail of Guarani indian chiefs fighting o_its, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil.

Thumbnail of A fence separating occupied Guar_iowa people wanting to reoccupy.

Thumbnail of A young Guarani Kaiowa girl, liv_nder occupation by ranch owners.

Public Project

The Violence of Silence

Copyright Paul Patrick Borhaug 2024

Updated Dec 2012

The Violence of Silence is a project that seeks to portray life in a forgotten or silenced conflict, where oppressing powers continue to enforce direct and indirect violence. The project investigates the respective cases of Somaliland, Western Sahara, Azawad (Mali), Peru and Brazil.

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