El-Mothalath district.
Tag: كفر علو
El-Mothalath
I went together with some blogger friends to an iftar and hung out briefly yesterday with the Kafr Elw residents, in their new flats in Helwan’s El-Mothalath neighborhood. Everyone is full of joy, power and self-confidence following months of victorious struggle to force the government into compensating them for their demolished homes.
I first met Om Abdu during the (largely women) protest in Abdeen Sq. in December of last year.
For sure Om Abdu last evening was a different woman.
She was hypermanic, showering me and other activist bloggers with hugs and kisses, pulling us from one flat to another, showing us with pride their new places, shouting loudly at her shy son who didn’t want to be photographed initially. “Come and show the world your new home ya wad!” yelled Om Abdu.
The only concern the Kafr Elw residents have now is that though they received their keys and fully settled in their new flats, they have not received yet their official ownership contracts. “We were told either mid or end of Ramadan we’ll get them,” said Om Abdu. “We still haven’t heard back from them (Helwan Governorate). We hope to receive them by Eid.”
Kafr Elw residents score victory
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.