Mokattam

Garbage Dreams, which premiered earlier this month at the South by Southwest film festival, is a documentary that offers an intimate look at Mokattam, a suburb of Cairo known for its poor residents who live among tall piles of garbage.

Adda Birnir | Inhabitat 2009

Asser Yasser is an Egyptian female blogger who recently moved to Mokattam area with her family.

Global Voices in English » Egypt: April 18 Declared Anti-Harassment Day 2009

Additionally, community based organizations have improved the infrastructure of Mokattam.

Diana Mao: Finding Parallels Between New York City and Mokattam, a Garbage Village in Cairo 2010

That was in Mokattam, a so-called "garbage village" on the outskirts of Cairo.

Diana Mao: Finding Parallels Between New York City and Mokattam, a Garbage Village in Cairo 2010

Mokattam has become a stable settlement with a clinic, a church, shops, barber shops, cafes, and restaurants.

Diana Mao: Finding Parallels Between New York City and Mokattam, a Garbage Village in Cairo 2010

Garbage Dreams, which premiered earlier this month at the South by Southwest film festival, is a documentary that offers an intimate look at Mokattam, a

SCRAPHOUSE DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE | Inhabitat 2006

As well appeal to the rocks of the Mokattam hills.

The Fortieth Door Mary Hastings Bradley

Mokattam hills behind it, to that hilltop on which stood the little ancient mosque of the Sheykh-el-Gauchy, where the sunset spaces flowed round them like a sea of light and the world dropped into miniature at their feet.

The Fortieth Door Mary Hastings Bradley

From its position and its fortification, it would seem almost invincible; but, unfortunately, the fortress is itself commanded by the higher Mokattam hills, as was shown in 1805, when Mohammed Ali, by means of a battery placed on a hill, compelled Karishid Pasha to surrender the stronghold.

Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck

And in the east behind the Mokattam hills a thin band of gold began to brighten.

The Fortieth Door Mary Hastings Bradley