This blog is for Farah, whose incredible courage and strength remain unmatched in my mind. One of the things I’m most taken aback by with my work with street children is how articulate they are. They often surprise and humble… Read More ›
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Egypt: Where Muslims think heaven is not under the feet of Coptic mothers… and Coptics think to love a muslim is to live in Sin…
“Heaven is under the feet of mothers” says the veiled teacher in Arabic telling us, students, the prophets words; in attempt to exemplify the importance of motherhood and illustrate the reward God will give these good mothers for all the… Read More ›
Broken Boned, Bitten and Burnt and No Foster Care in Egypt.
This is what the email Manadeel Waraq received said: “Dear all, Today the hospital admitted a three year old girl. Her mother and father bought her into hospital saying she had suffered a fall from the second floor. Upon examination,… Read More ›
Street Children: Legs that aren’t Long Enough to Run Away
She was only 5 years old at the time and her little legs weren’t long enough to jump after her mother from rooftop to rooftop after the last violent beating her mother had received, tied up from a father high… Read More ›
INTERVIEW: Nelly Ali: Fighting for Cairo’s street children and mothers – Bertelsmann Future Challenges
Nelly Ali: Fighting for Cairo’s street children and mothers – Bertelsmann Future Challenges. Nelly Ali: Fighting for Cairo’s street children and mothers Tuesday, 12 March 2013 / Sara Elkamel Tags: Birkbeck University of London, Cairo, children’s rights, egypt, human rghts,… Read More ›
Street Children: Reem and the Four Year Old Eyes that Haunt Me
She looks at me very seriously every time I walk through the door to the children’s room on the third room. As the other under fives come crawling or running towards me, depending on which they can do, Reem stays… Read More ›
کودکان خیابانی در میدان تحریر :نویسنده نلی علی /ترجمه آزاده ارفع
خیلی از کودکان خیابانی دقیقاً می دانند که تو چه چیزی می خواهی از آنها بشنوی. به تو نگاه می کنند؛ سخنانی بر لب می آورند که به دلت بنشیند ؛ در یک چشم به هم زدن داستانی را برایت… Read More ›
Street Children and the Big Dream of Citizenship
There was no mistaking the horror this six year old girl was experiencing. Nothing more telling of the fear than the warm yellow fluid running down her short, scarred legs as her knees started to visibly shake. There was little… Read More ›
الاعتداءات الجنسية والحياة اليومية لأطفال الشوارع
This post was originally translated from my original blog into arabic by Ekram Khalil for Shorouk News قرأت فى الصحف وعلى مواقع الإنترنت، عن الاعتداءات الجماعية على المتظاهرات فى الشوارع، ولو لم أكن قرأت العناوين، لظننت أن الكتاب اهتموا فجأة… Read More ›
كونك فتاة يدفعك للشارع أحيانًا
This post was translated by Al Shorouk and was published by them on 19 Jan 2013 and can also be read here يشير العديد من التخمينات والإحصاءات والكثير من الأبحاث الأكاديمية والتطوعية إلى أسباب مختلفة تدفع الأطفال للعيش فى الشوارع…. Read More ›
