Due to overcrowding and make-shift housing conditions in Cairo’s City of the Dead, much of daily life takes place in public. One million people live, work, shop and got to school in this cemetery.

Due to overcrowding and make-shift housing conditions in Cairo’s City of the Dead, much of daily life takes place in public. One million people live, work, shop and got to school in this cemetery.

Image: 8 3/8 x 12 1/2 in. (21.3 x 31.8 cm)
Paper: 11 x 13 15/16 in. (27.9 x 35.4 cm)
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Gift of Ed Kashi, 2006
Accession No. 2006.40.15