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Egyptian men clean village streets at home after losing their jobs in Libya

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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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Paul Jeffrey
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Daily life, Egypt
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.