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A Cairene unmarried teenage mother and street kid
My interview with Yasmin, a Cairene unmarried teenage mother and street kid with a five year old son was broadcast on the BBC world service’Outlook’programme on 23rd January, 2012. It is available at
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Tagged Cairo, Egypt, Hope Village, Street kid, unmarried mother
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A Garden by Design
More…. published in October 2011 Obelisque Issue 14, Egypt
New life for the Egyptian woman cut off from the world for ten years.
An interview, broadcast on the BBC World service Outlook programme on 1411/2011, with Hala, an Egyptian woman who was cut off from the world for ten years. To hear the broadcast http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00kmdgt” title=”New Life for the Egyptian woman cut off … Continue reading
Mango Season
The competition in the garden escalated unexpectedly this morning. I had thought that the race was between the guards, the part time gardener, us, the bats, and the ants. I was not surprised that the part-time gardener was more attentive … Continue reading
Death on Cairo’s streets
Last night, Adil, the eight-year-old son of Mustafa, the gardener who tends many of the gardens in this neighborhood, was killed by a truck whilst playing in the street outside his home. A quiet serious child with a lovely smile; … Continue reading
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Tagged Cairo, child death, Egypt, egyptian roads, traffic accidents
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