I spent over six months in Cairo, living in the City of the Dead. I was collaborating with Liveinslums NGO on a micro-gardening project together with Milan Polytechnic, Cairo University and The Municipality of Milan. During this time I was follo

I spent over six months in Cairo, living in the City of the Dead. I was collaborating with Liveinslums NGO on a micro-gardening project together with Milan Polytechnic, Cairo University and The Municipality of Milan. During this time I was following around 15 families, every day.

This project attempts to show how families manage to live in an extraordinary place that is a cemetery, transforming it into a normal city full of life.

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     I spent over six months in Cairo, living in the City of the Dead. I was collaborating with Liveinslums NGO on a micro-gardening project together with Milan Polytechnic, Cairo University and The Municipality of Milan. During this time I was follo
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I spent over six months in Cairo, living in the City of the Dead. I was collaborating with Liveinslums NGO on a micro-gardening project together with Milan Polytechnic, Cairo University and The Municipality of Milan. During this time I was following around 15 families, every day.

This project attempts to show how families manage to live in an extraordinary place that is a cemetery, transforming it into a normal city full of life.

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