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![[Egypt] Menshiet Nasser - home of the zabaleen [rubbish collectors] and one of Cairo's largest slums. [Date picture taken: 06/17/2006]](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/media_list_large_2x/public/images/20066192.jpg?itok=hgE68fAV "There are hundreds of slums in Egypt")
