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The child labor behind your Egyptian cotton sheets

Posted on 09/06/200806/02/2021 By 3arabawy

They work 10-hour shifts in 40C heat for 20 pence a day. Their job? Picking the cotton that makes the world’s finest bed linen. Read the Guardian report on the scandal of Egypt’s child laborers.

And you can watch more photos of cotton agricultural workers here.

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