From AFP…
A total of 38 people were killed in a massive weekend rockslide in Egypt which flattened homes in a north Cairo shantytown, according to the latest toll given by the health ministry on Monday.
“The number of victims has risen to 38 dead and 57 wounded,” the ministry said in a statement carried by the official MENA news agency.
A report by the BBC however says those who died are “at least 51 people”.
Below is a report by Al-Jazeera International…
With human shields, the urban poor are protecting their homes from govt demolition.
Farah was with the Kafr Elw residents when they received the keys for their new flats.
Try to spend sometime browsing the set of pix I took of the residents last December, when their struggle started, and the one taken by Farah. It’s easy to identify the women and men from last year, but their facial expressions differ. In my set, which was taken at the beginning of the saga, the residents’ faces were full of anger, defiance as well as panic, sadness and concern. In Farah’s, their faces are just the purest form of happiness and joy following their victory.
Mabrouk once again for the Kafr Elw residents.