Check out this set by Muhammad Ali Eddin.
Tag: urban poor
Duweiqa death toll exceeds 100
From the Daily News Egypt:
The death toll of the Duweiqa rockslide crossed the century mark two weeks after massive boulders slid off the edge of Moqattam onto the shantytown below.
Reports indicate that 101 bodies have been recovered from the debris, and estimates are that there are hundreds of bodies still buried beneath it.
Police crackdown on Duweiqa protesters in Abdeen
Following a protest by the Duweiqa residents today in Abdeen, police stormed the square around 1pm, rounded up the citizens and activists, took them in microbuses that threw them on the outskirts of Cairo in Helwan, and some were dropped at Manshiyet Nasser.
