Photographer based in Cairo, Egypt >> Shawn Baldwin

Zabaleen, Egypt

Coptic Christian day laborer's who traveled from the countryside to work in this neighborhood sit on a street corner in a predominately Coptic Christian neighborhood in Manshiet Nasser in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian community of mainly Coptic Christians, known as Zabbaleen, are employed in the city of Cairo to collect and dispose of much of the city's waste. The organic waste is fed to pigs. May 2009.
Coptic Christian day laborer's who traveled from the countryside to work in this neighborhood sit on a street corner in a predominately Coptic Christian neighborhood in Manshiet Nasser in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian community of mainly Coptic Christians, known as Zabbaleen, are employed in the city of Cairo to collect and dispose of much of the city's waste. The organic waste is fed to pigs. May 2009.