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‘The fish fled’: Nile fisherman earning more from collecting plastic than fish
ByHanaa Hamad in Cairo March 15, 2026

Mohammed Ahmed Sayed Mohammed is among those redeploying his skills for a local recycling company that is cleaning up the NileAt 6am, Mohammed Ahmed Sayed Mohammed steers his boat from al-Qarsaya island through Cairo’s Nile waters towards the capital’s…

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Young, educated and knee deep in rubbish: the recyclers cleaning up in Cairo’s Garbage City
ByStefanie Glinski in Cairo July 18, 2025

Piles of waste line the streets of Manshiyet Nasr, turning it into a no-go zone for many. But a new generation see themselves as agents of change in the fight against plastic pollutionWhen Mina Nedi graduated with a nursing degree last year, his friend…

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