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  • As Muslims prepare to end the holy month of Ramadan and celebrate the festival of Eid al-Fitr, Egyptians take to the streets of their towns and cities in the evenings to shop for gifts and foods with which to celebrate the annual holiday. Here a barber in the Nile River city of Minia helps groom a man in celebration for the festival.
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  • Farhoun Saad harvests cotton outside the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Habib Kamal Habib, Alae Adel Gabriel and Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh walk through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish with their brooms. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Osama Yacoub carries a tree to plant in the Egyptian village of Sakra. The campaign of tree planting is part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo, lost their employment.
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  • Father Joil Sobhe, a Coptic Orthodox priest, is greeted by a woman as he greets and blesses church members in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A woman harvests cotton outside the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • The moon over the Egyptian city of Alexandria.
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  • As Muslims prepare to end the holy month of Ramadan and celebrate the festival of Eid al-Fitr, which began the night of September 30, Egyptians took to the streets of their towns and cities in the evenings to shop for gifts and foods with which to celebrate the annual holiday. Here young women greet each other on the streets of the Nile River city of Minia.
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  • Yousef Yagoub Yousef paints a lamp post in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. This work was part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo (as was the case with Yousef), lost their employment and were forced to return to their home villages.
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  • Habib Kamal Habib, Alae Adel Gabriel and Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh, Habib Kamal Habib, and Alae Adel Gabriel walk through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish with their brooms. The men's work cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • A man rides a donkey through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish.
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  • A man in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where many residents received work as part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities adversely affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring.
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  • Nora Sobhy, seen here with her donkey, lives in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where the ACT Alliance and Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, carried out a relief project that benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. Sobhy's husband worked in Libya until the revolution there..
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  • Hosni Micheal lives in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Muslims throughout the world break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan by sharing the iftar, the evening meal celebrated just after sunset, often in community. The iftar also demonstrates hospitality, and faithful Muslims often provide the meal at no cost as an act of charity. In this photo, an iftar is celebrated on a narrow street in the Egyptian city of Cairo.
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  • As Muslims prepare to end the holy month of Ramadan and celebrate the festival of Eid al-Fitr, which began the night of September 30, Egyptians took to the streets of their towns and cities in the evenings to shop for gifts and foods with which to celebrate the annual holiday. Here a boy sells balloons to shoppers on the streets of the Nile River city of Minia.
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  • A woman in the Egyptian village of Towa.
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  • As Muslims prepare to end the holy month of Ramadan and celebrate the festival of Eid al-Fitr, which began the night of September 30, Egyptians took to the streets of their towns and cities in the evenings to shop for gifts and foods with which to celebrate the annual holiday. Here a boy sells balloons to shoppers on the streets of the Nile River city of Minia.
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  • As Muslims prepare to end the holy month of Ramadan and celebrate the festival of Eid al-Fitr, which began the night of September 30, Egyptians took to the streets of their towns and cities in the evenings to shop for gifts and foods with which to celebrate the annual holiday. Here shoppers survey the wares for sale on the streets of the Nile River city of Minia.
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  • As Muslims prepare to end the holy month of Ramadan and celebrate the festival of Eid al-Fitr, which began the night of September 30, Egyptians took to the streets of their towns and cities in the evenings to shop for gifts and foods with which to celebrate the annual holiday. Here shoppers survey the wares for sale on the streets of the Nile River city of Minia.
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  • A woman working in the fields around the Egyptian village of Towa.
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  • A girl working in the fields around the Egyptian village of Towa.
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  • Two boys walking through the Egyptian village of Towa.
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  • A woman in the market of the Egyptian village of Towa.
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  • A woman in the market of the Egyptian village of Towa.
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  • A woman in the Egyptian village of Towa.
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  • Women in the market of the Egyptian village of Towa.
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  • A woman leaves the market of the Egyptian village of Towa.
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  • A woman in the Egyptian village of Towa.
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  • A girl in the Egyptian village of Towa.
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  • A shop that makes small cakes in the Egyptian town of Minia.
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  • A shop that makes small cakes in the Egyptian town of Minia.
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  • A line outside a bread store in the Egyptian town of Luxor. Riots have broken out in Egypt over the shortage and high price of bread.
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  • The Nile River at Luxor, Egypt.
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  • The Nile River passes through Cairo, Egypt.
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  • Yousef Yagoub Yousef paints a lamp post in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. This work was part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo (as was the case with Yousef), lost their employment and were forced to return to their home villages.
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  • A woman walks by Habib Kamal Habib and Alae Adel Gabriel as they sweep the streets in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. Both men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Alae Adel Gabriel and Habib Kamal Habib sweep the streets in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. Both men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh paints a lamp post in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. This work was part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya (as was the case for El Masieh) and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo, lost their employment and were forced to return to their home villages.
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  • Alae Adel Gabriel and Habib Kamal Habib sweep the streets in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. Both men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Alae Adel Gabriel, Habib Kamal Habib and Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh sweep the streets in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh,Alae Adel Gabriel and Habib Kamal Habib sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • A man in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish.
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  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh,Alae Adel Gabriel and Habib Kamal Habib sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh, Habib Kamal Habib, and Alae Adel Gabriel sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh, Habib Kamal Habib, and Alae Adel Gabriel sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh,Alae Adel Gabriel and Habib Kamal Habib sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • People ride a motorcycle cart through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish.
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  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh, Habib Kamal Habib, and Alae Adel Gabriel walk through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish with their brooms. The men's work cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh, Habib Kamal Habib, and Alae Adel Gabriel walk through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish with their brooms. The men's work cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh, Habib Kamal Habib, and Alae Adel Gabriel walk through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish with their brooms. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • A man waves a greeting while riding a donkey through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish.
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  • A man rides a donkey through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish.
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  • A man rides a donkey through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish.
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  • Three men walk through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish with their brooms. Their work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Habib Kamal Habib, Alae Adel Gabriel and Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh walk through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish with their brooms. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Reda Sodeky Abdel paints a lamp post as Habib Kamal Habib, Alae Adel Gabriel and Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. The three men sweeping worked in Libya before the revolution there. Abdel worked as a construction worker in Cairo, but lost his job there as social unrest swept through Egypt.
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  • Habib Kamal Habib, Alae Adel Gabriel and Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh walk through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish with their brooms. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • A woman carries water on her head as she walks through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish.
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  • Reda Sodeky Abdel paints a lamp post as Habib Kamal Habib and Alae Adel Gabriel sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. The two men sweeping worked in Libya before the revolution there. Abdel worked as a construction worker in Cairo, but lost his job there as social unrest swept through Egypt.
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  • Reda Sodeky Abdel paints a lamp post as Habib Kamal Habib and Alae Adel Gabriel sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. The two men sweeping worked in Libya before the revolution there. Abdel worked as a construction worker in Cairo, but lost his job there as social unrest swept through Egypt.
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  • Yousef Yagoub Yousef lost his employment in Libya during the Arab Spring, and was forced to return to Egypt to his home village of Kafr Darwish. There he received work as part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring.
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  • A man in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where many residents received work as part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities adversely affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring.
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  • A man in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where many residents received work as part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities adversely affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring.
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  • A man in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where many residents received work as part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities adversely affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring.
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  • Fadiya Foed Gerges, pictured here in her home, participated in an economic relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. It benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment, thus having to return to their home villages..
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  • Fadiya Foed Gerges (center) serves tea to Hana Henin (left) and Adil Gabriel, who participated in an economic relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. It benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment, thus having to return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village and improving the local quality of life..
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  • Fadiya Foed Gerges (center) serves tea to Hana Henin (left) and Adil Gabriel, who participated in an economic relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. It benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment, thus having to return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village and improving the local quality of life..
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  • Fadiya Foed Gerges (center) serves tea to Hana Henin (left) and Adil Gabriel, who participated in an economic relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. It benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment, thus having to return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village and improving the local quality of life..
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  • Fadiya Foed Gerges (center) serves tea to Hana Henin (left) and Adil Gabriel, who participated in an economic relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. It benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment, thus having to return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village and improving the local quality of life..
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  • A woman in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where the ACT Alliance and Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, carried out a relief project that benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment, thus having to return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village and improving the local quality of life..
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  • Nora Sobhy lives in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where the ACT Alliance and Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, carried out a relief project that benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. Sobhy's husband worked in Libya until the revolution there. Her home behind her was improved during the village development program..
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  • A boy shows the teeth of a donkey in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish.
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  • An old woman in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where the ACT Alliance and Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, carried out a relief project that benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment, thus having to return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village and improving the local quality of life..
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  • A man in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where the ACT Alliance and Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, carried out a relief project that benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life..
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  • Nora Sobhy lives in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where the ACT Alliance and Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, carried out a relief project that benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. Sobhy's husband worked in Libya until the revolution there..
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  • A man in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where the ACT Alliance and Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, carried out a relief project that benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life..
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  • A man in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where the ACT Alliance and Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, carried out a relief project that benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life..
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  • A woman carries a pot on her head in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A woman carries water on her head in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A woman in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Osama Yacoub carries a tree to plant in the Egyptian village of Sakra. The campaign of tree planting is part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo, lost their employment.
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  • Hosni Micheal walks through the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A man cooks in his small restaurant in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A woman walks across a field in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Women walk across a field in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Malak Shehata Risk works maintaining a road near the Egyptian village of Sakra. The work is part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo, lost their employment.
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  • Farhoun Saad harvests cotton outside the Egyptian village of Sakra. Working behind him is Gatar Saad.
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  • Farhoun Saad harvests cotton outside the Egyptian village of Sakra. Working behind him is Gatar Saad.
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  • Farhoun Saad harvests cotton outside the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Farhoun Saad harvests cotton outside the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Farhoun Saad harvests cotton outside the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Soad Hanah washes her hands in her new sink in her home in the Egyptian village of Sakra. Her house was remodeled as part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo, lost their employment.
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  • A woman in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A woman in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Hosni Micheal (left) and his son Amed Shafik in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Safwat Awad pours old bread into a grinder that converts it into animal feed in the Egyptian village of Sakra. His business was started with assistance from the ACT Alliance, part of a project coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo, lost their employment and were forced to return to their home villages.
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  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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