Description:
Shaima, 13 years old, leaves her home in West Helwan in Cairo. Now she works in a small commercial garment manufacturing workshop where she stitches clothes, irons and cleans, from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, six days a week. She gets 100 Egyptian pounds per month. She stays with her parents and siblings. She has four sisters and two brothers. Except her ten years old brother Ahmad, no one has ever gone to school. She cannot read or write, except her own name. Her mother is a housewife and father works in a butchers shop three days a week. Cairo, Egypt. May 28, 2007.
Credits:
Shehzad - (Pakistan) Noorani/Majority World
Description:
Shaima, 13 years old, leaves her home in West Helwan in Cairo. Now she works in a small commercial garment manufacturing workshop where she stitches clothes, irons and cleans, from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, six days a week. She gets 100 Egyptian pounds per month. She stays with her parents and siblings. She has four sisters and two brothers. Except her ten years old brother Ahmad, no one has ever gone to school. She cannot read or write, except her own name. Her mother is a housewife and father works in a butchers shop three days a week. Cairo, Egypt. May 28, 2007.
Date Created:
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Author:
Shehzad Noorani
Country:
Egypt
Copyright Notice:
Copyright Majority World
Filename:
MWC013364.jpg
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1471656933
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7100869
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Image Description:
Shaima, 13 years old, leaves her home in West Helwan in Cairo. Now she works in a small commercial garment manufacturing workshop where she stitches clothes, irons and cleans, from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, six days a week. She gets 100 Egyptian pounds per mont