CAIRO: All day in Cairo, local Egyptians are methodically gathering rubbish by hand from bins, alleys and streets, and filling large satchels with the garbage, which they carry away on their backs. These people are called the zabaleen in Egyptian Arabic, meaning ‘garbage people’. The zabaleen all but blend in among the denizens, tourists and [...]

CAIRO: All day in Cairo, local Egyptians are methodically gathering rubbish by hand from bins, alleys and streets, and filling large satchels with the garbage, which they carry away on their backs. These people are called the zabaleen in Egyptian Arabic, meaning ‘garbage people’. The zabaleen all but blend in among the denizens, tourists and [...]