ሰፈር Sefer: an Amharic word for neighborhood—more than a place, it holds memory, community, and belonging.

Photographs of urban change provoke a strange sense of loss. We recognize what was familiar corners, beloved shops now replaced by glass and chrome. Yet we also see the people who remain: adapting, resisting, surviving. These images remind us that transformation is not only structural it is deeply human. The emotional cost of progress is borne by those who call the city home.