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Most of the children living with their mothers in the garden spend their days playing, eating, and sitting together. For Abadeya, staying in front of the UNHCR is the most secure choice. “We wouldn’t really be allowed to stay anywhere else,” she told MENA Source. “Here, the children can play, they are outdoors, and the place is generally safer.” (December 1st, 2016)

Life in the Garden: The Daily Struggles of Sudanese Refugee Women in Cairo

Ragia and Amany spend up to 8 hours daily on their feet putting the paper together. They are both 31 years old and have been working in papyrus production ever since they married into the family 16 years ago.

Preserving Egypt’s Heritage: The Enduring Skills of Papyrus Making in the Villages of Qaramous

“My wounds are rotting, while nobody from the Yemeni officials answers my calls,” says Khatab Al-Ruaiani, 28, a soldier wounded twice at the battlefield in Taiz, in his back and thigh. “I joined the army because I wanted to serve my country and I never imagined that my country would forget me like this.”

Alone and Forgotten: Injured Yemeni Soldiers Persist in Egypt

The past year has been agony for a group of war-wounded Yemeni soldiers. As part of national medical and financial assistance to wounded soldiers, many were flown out…

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Women Propping up Egypt’s Agricultural Sector

A regular day for the working women of Ezbet Boghdady in Egypt’s Sharqeya governorate starts at sunrise. They wake early to go to the fields, tending to crops…

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PHOTO ESSAY: How One Syrian Woman is Supporting Her Family in Egypt قصة مصورة | امرأة سورية واحدة تعول أسرتها في مصر

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Portraits of Egypt’s Economic Crisis

Villagers of Deir Garnos hang a banner that shows the portraits of the seven victims the village lost in the attack.

29 Christian Egyptians killed by ISIS on May 26, 2017. On the way with three vehicles, the victims had been on pilgrimage to the St Samuel the Confessor monastery when they were attacked. The attack took place a few kilometers before the monastery. May 2017. Photo by Jonathan Rashad

Photo Essay: The Families of the Minya Attack Victims

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Ballerinas of Cairo

Photo Essay: Egypt’s Coptic Christians Mourn After Blast

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A Conversation with H.A. Hellyer: The Future of US-Egypt Relations

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Photo Essay: North Sinai’s Coptic Christians Flee the Islamic State

Eman Samy, 39, wife of Ahmed Helal, a 41-year-old French-Egyptian passenger. Helal was a plant manager of Procter & Gamble in France's Amiens region. "He was a caring husband and dad. He helped many people in need, including orphans, hospitals in need for financial support and patients in medical need. He was a generous person. He even gave salaries on a monthly basis for people in need of financial support. Even though he was extremely successful and had 3,000 employees working under him, he always prioritized and gave time to his family and friends. He cared about his family more than he cared about himself and his work," she said.

The Families of the MS804 Passengers

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What Happened in Tahrir Square on January 25, 2016

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The January 25 Anniversaries

"I lived under the reign of five different Egyptian presidents. Parliaments under Abdel-Nasser to the previous ones were all the same. It is all about money, power, bribes, and hypocrisy. The day I see a poor guy running for elections is the day I vote," – Mohsen Abdel-Maksoud, 58, who works at a nut shop.

The Citizens Speak

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