Ed Kashi Washing dishes on a makeshift rooftop above the mausoleums, with Cairo's crowded tenements on the horizon. In Cairo, refugees from the housing shortage have laid claim to the city's main cemetery.
Ed Kashi More than 200 boys work daily 8-hour shifts in an airless, makeshift aluminum pot factory in the City of the Dead. In Cairo, refugees from teh housing shortage have laid claim to the city's main cemetery.
Ed Kashi Market day in the City of the Dead. In Cairo, refugees from the housing shortage have laid claim to the city's main cemetery. One million people live, work, shop and go to school in and among the mausoleums.
Ed Kashi 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.
Ed Kashi Boys play ball among the tombs of Cairo's City of the Dead. One million people live, work, shop and go to school in and among the mausoleums.
