Zabbaleen community , mokkatam hills , cairo , Egypt
RMID:Image ID:BKFAP3
Image details
Contributor:
paul christoforou / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
BKFAP3File size:
52.6 MB (2.4 MB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
5256 x 3497 px | 44.5 x 29.6 cm | 17.5 x 11.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
27 March 2010Location:
Zabbaleen community , mokkatam hills , cairo , EgyptMore information:
The Zabbaleen are an Egyptian community of mainly Coptic Christians who were allowed to collect and dispose of the city of Cairo's waste by feeding it to their pigs, after the outbreak of swine flu , the egyptian government ordered the slaughter of all their pigs , now the zabbaleen collect only material that they they can reuse or recycle .