Hiba Hasan Hasan

I am Hiba Hassan Hassan, 25 years old, I enrolled into the photography workshop in order to gain experience and to learn.

Cooing Pigeons

Photo and text by Hiba Hasan Hasan

Nahr El Bared, Palestinian refugee camp, Lebanon 2024 Khaled Ali Al Sayed is 30 years old, he works at the Vocational Rehabilitation Institute where I’m studying. Khaled comes to the center from 9am and stays until sunset. In the morning, he prepares food and water for the pigeons and opens the door for them to come out, eat and drink water. He takes care of them all day, and if he’s not around his friends who work with him take care of them instead.

Khaled: “The pigeons aren’t mine, they belong to a colleague but since he is often busy, my friends and I take care of them. Caring for the pigeons is fun and amusing. It’s nice and calming to watch them especially in a quiet place and a nice atmosphere, and more so when we’re gathered with friends around hookah and coffee while listening to the cooing of the pigeons.