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Egypt: Cairo:Life in the Dead City
Medina Meyed, that means "deadcity", is the central cemetery of Cairo where except the dead rest some thousands of alive people. Families with many children, homeless, watchmen, as well as immigrants coexist with the sleeping souls and their bones... Some of the grave inhabitants are guardians of their tomb-houses, buriers, housekeepers of the tombs, while others want to live and die near their ancestors. Earthquake victims expatriated from Sadad's and Mubaraq's governments, debtors and unemployed make up the majority of Medina Meyet dwellers. The oldest grave constructions of the most alive cemetery in the world were built by the Mamluks, circa 1250-1517. Plenty of these tombs are luxurious, designed to include a room where visitors could stay overnight. The municipality has installed water, gas, electricity, local police station, school, post office, even telephone and satellite plates. One also finds body shops to repair the hearses, nargile-coffee shops, and little shabby, decadent restaurants. Mini-buses, taxis, and gharries carried by horses provide the main transportation in a city that expands for six km in the south - east region of medieval Cairo. Photographs & Text: © Maro Kouri
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