City of the Dead, 1993
In Cairo, people displaced by a housing shortage have laid claim to the city’s main cemetery, and 120,000 live, work, shop and go to school in and among the mausoleums. It is a thriving necropolis where the sanctity of the dead coexists with the needs of the living. A glass factory is one of the many small industries that function there.
The Forgotten Faithful: Arab Christians, 2008
‘Despite their deep roots, Arab Christians are being driven out of their land by a rising tide of religious and political extremism,’ says Kashi. ‘Attacks on Christians are up dramatically from a decade ago, prompting a huge wave of out-emigration.
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