Ed Kashi More than 200 boys work daily 8-hour shifts in an airless, makeshift aluminum pot factory in the City of the Dead. One million people live, work, shop and go to school in and among the mausoleums of Cairo’s City of the Dead.
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 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 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.
Robert Capa [Older woman from the threatened town of Tarragona looking at overturned cart and dead horse on the way to seek refuge in Barcelona, before that city itself had to be evacuated]
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.
Robert Capa [Overturned cart and dead horse belonging to people from the threatened town of Tarragona who were on their way to seek refuge in Barcelona, before that city itself had to be evacuated]
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 75 year old Wataneya has lived in City of the Dead her whole life. 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 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 Koran readers divide up their tips. These men recite passages from the Koran to during funerals in the City of the Dead in exchange for donation. One million people live, work, shop and go to school in Cairo's main cemetery.
