Garbage City In Cairo, Egypt. Editorial Photo

The Mokattam also known as the Mukattam Mountain or Hills, is the name of a range of hills and a suburb in them, located in southeastern Cairo, Egypt. Mokkatam is populated with Zabbaleen people who are Copt chrisyians. Zabbaleen stands for `garbage collectors`. For several generations, the Zabbaleen supported themselves by collecting trash door-to-door from the residents of Cairo for nearly no charge. Notably, the Zabbaleen recycle up to 80 percent of the waste that they collect, whereas most Western garbage collecting companies can only recycle 20 to 25 percent of the waste that they collect.