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Christian Garbage Pickers; Life in Cairo’s slums
Children of Helwan In a Coptic slum in Cairo’s Helwan suburb, sewage filth settles into a swamp of black liquid off the main street. Near the ditch, heaps of garbage blanket the dusty road. We...
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Cairo’s garbage districts are notoriously populated by Coptic Christian families who have been shunned by the Egyptian government. This three part documentary explores the life of Cairo’s poorest...
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Family laments 16-year-old son’s death
Shenouda Adly was shot in the chest at age 16 by Egyptian military forces On March 8, sixteen-year-old Shenouda Adly heard gunfire on the road approaching his neighborhood in the Mokattam Hills of...
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“They take everything. What do they want from us?”
Sama'an's wife, mother, daughter & son Coptic Christians in the garbage district of the Mokattam Hills of Cairo protested in the streets on March 8 to condemn attacks on Christians and the...
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Poverty, Death Afflict Cairo’s Christian Garbage Slums
A girl sits atop rubbish in Manshier Nasr, a garbage community in Mokattam. Among Egypt’s most impoverished people are Coptic Christians living in the garbage districts of Cairo. Entire families live...
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Christian Widow and Children Fend for Themselves in Cairo’s Garbage Slums
Wedding photo of Sama'an and Rasha Sama’an Nazmi, a Coptic Christian from the garbage slums of Manshier Nasr, jumped up off the couch and sprinted out the door upon hearing gunfire and screams in the...
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