Manshiyat Naser

It is famous for the Garbage City quarter, which is a slum settlement at the far southern end of Manshiyat Naser, at the base of Mokattam hills on the outskirts of Cairo.

Although Manshiyat Naser has streets, shops, and apartments as other areas of the city, it lacks infrastructure and often has no running water, sewers, or electricity.

[4] Manshiyat Nasser district covers eight shiakhas that include al-Mujawirin, Sultan Qaytbay and Sultan Barquq in Historic Cairo's eastern cemetery field (sometimes known as the City of the Dead), al-Kahzzan (popularly known as Zabbalin or Garbage City) to al-Mahagir (literally quarries, also known as Ezbet Bekheit) that cover the disused quarries at the western foothills of the Moqattam Plateau, and al-Duweika (Al-Doweiqa)[5] on the northern edge of the Moqattam Plateau.

However, in the spring of 2009, the Egyptian government, in response to the worldwide threat of swine flu, embarked on a massive program to cull the herds of pigs in Manshiyat Naser.

[10] Most families typically have worked in the same area and type of specialization in the garbage piles and continue to make enough money to support themselves.