Cairo Slums.

There are many things about the Middle East, Egypt in particular, that I love, but there are many things that I also hate. The Middle East, like so many other places in the world, allows for the blatant injustices that are occurring today to hit a person right in their face. One cannot turn their face away from the poverty as easily as one could in most Western/developed nations. (Maybe that in a way is a good thing). Anyways, this article describes ONE of such instances. Check it out. I actually visited similar areas while I was in Cairo. Expatriates call the area that I visited Garbage City. I must note however, that the area I visited (while very poor) is actually not as poor as other neighborhoods (aka...the neighborhood I visited had sewage...for the most part and a few paved streets). They stink with the stench of rooting garbage, some of which usually is set on fire. The rest of the garbage is then sorted and sold to recycling companies; this is the families of these areas make their living, so you can imagine its pretty poor. It is amazing to think that these families are probably poorer than them (after all at least those families have been able to find work). (Please forgive my inability to rotate the silly picture. I am still very new with this...stuff. yes, I know I should have rotated the picture then saved it then uploaded it. I recognize my mistake...but I don't exactly know how to fix it know that I've already put it into place...o well!!!!)