Photographer based in Cairo, Egypt >> Shawn Baldwin

Zabaleen, Egypt

A young boy held a piglet at the home of a zabaleen. To Abraham Fahmi, a local Coptic priest, it comes down to a simple matter. "If you move the garbage, you will kill the entire neighborhood," he said. "This is their lives." May 2009.
A young boy held a piglet at the home of a zabaleen. To Abraham Fahmi, a local Coptic priest, it comes down to a simple matter. "If you move the garbage, you will kill the entire neighborhood," he said. "This is their lives." May 2009.