Jahi Chikwendiu

Misplaced Hope: Sudanese Refugees in Cairo, Egypt: Corner Shave

Refugees from Sudan - one from Darfur, the other from South Sudan - make a barbershop of a street corner in Arba wa Nus - an unofficial, build-as-you-can-afford village on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt.  The village houses a few thousand refugees from south Sudan and Darfur who hustle for limited resources and jobs alongside some of Egypt’s poorest citizens.
Corner Shave, Feb 10, 2007
Refugees from Sudan - one from Darfur, the other from South Sudan - make a barbershop of a street corner in Arba wa Nus - an unofficial, build-as-you-can-afford village on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. The village houses a few thousand refugees from south Sudan and Darfur who hustle for limited resources and jobs alongside some of Egypt’s poorest citizens.