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Garbage City
The view of Manshiet Nasser's garbage village and the Cairo skyline from the Moqattam Cliffs, the site of the Coptic Christian Cathedral of Saint Simon the Tanner.
For Cairo's Coptic Christians, the future may rise from what others discard.
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Issue: Spring 2011 / Volume 87/2
Published: April 14, 2011
Elliott D. Woods is a contributing editor to VQR. His VQR-sponsored website Assignment Afghanistan received the 2011 Digital National Magazine Award for Multimedia Package. His essay “Digging Out,” from the Fall 2010 issue, was nominated for a 2011 National Magazine Award in Reporting. His essay “Hope’s Coffin,” from the Summer...
Elliott D. Woods is a contributing editor to VQR. His VQR-sponsored website Assignment Afghanistan received the 2011 Digital National Magazine Award for Multimedia Package. His essay “Digging Out,” from the Fall 2010 issue, was nominated for a 2011 National Magazine Award in Reporting. His essay “Hope’s Coffin,” from the Summer...