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 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.
Ed Kashi A funeral procession heads to the cemetery in Cairo’s City of the Dead. One million people live, work, shop and got to school in and among the mausoleums of Ciaro's main cemetery.
Ed Kashi Grave diggers repair an underground burial chamber in the City of the Dead. One million people live, work, shop and got to school in and among the mausoleums in Cairo's main cemetery.
Ed Kashi Men carry a body to a grave where its buried in only a simple shroud in Cairo's City of the Dead. 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 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.
