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When Jesus Comes, Everything Changes: An Advent Experience In Cairo

Lynne Hybels | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Orthodox Christianity, Muqattam Mountain, Father Samaan, Christmas 2010, St. Simon Coptic Orthodox Church, Zabaleen, Advent Reflection, Cairo Christians, Cairo Garbage Village, Christians in Arab Lands, Egyptian Christians, Zabbaleen, Mokattam Mountain, Religion News
Lynne Hybels

In the Garbage Village I found my Advent story. "When Jesus comes to a place, it changes the whole society," said Father Samaan, priest of the St. Simon Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo, Egypt. And so it does.

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Dreams of an Egyptian Trash Trader

Andrew Wander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Reviews, Film Review, Poverty, Cairo, Egypt, Documentary, Globalization, Documentaries, Zabbaleen, Global Poverty, Garbage Dreams, Mai Iskander, Entertainment News
Andrew Wander

A cruel irony lies at the heart of Mai Iskander's debut film Garbage Dreams, which follows three teenage boys growing up in the filth-strewn allies of Mokattam, Cairo's garbage village.

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