A Zabaleen man on his round collecting garbage from the houses of Cairo

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The Zabaleen which means the garbage collectors are a community of Coptic Christians that have assumed a semi official role as Cairo's garbage collectors They take the refuse back to the suburb of Moqqatam for recycling and are said to be the world's greatest waste recyclers

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Size: 3543px × 5312px
Location: Moqqatatm, Cairo, Egypt
Photo credit: © Richard Splash / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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