Authors

Elena Volpi

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Department

Cairo Papers in Social Science

Program

Cairo Papers in Social Science

Description

Two studies of the informal garbage collectors' community at the base of the Muqattam Hills in Cairo explore and comment on the impact of an institution-building program on leadership and participation and the impact of development programs on the women of the settlement.

Publication Date

Winter 1996

Document Type

Book Chapter

Book Title

The Zabbalin Community of Muqattam

Editors

Elena Volpi & Doaa Abdel Motaal

ISBN

9774244486

Publisher

American University in Cairo Press

City

Cairo

First Page

8

Last Page

64

Series

Cairo Papers in Social Science 19(4)

Keywords

Zabaleen, garbage collector, Muqattam, women, settlement, organization development

Disciplines

Anthropology | Inequality and Stratification | Near and Middle Eastern Studies | Social and Cultural Anthropology

Community Organization and Development among the Zabbalin of Muqattam

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