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

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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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Paul Jeffrey
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Daily life, Egypt
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.