The New York Times reports on the Zabbaleen (which they spell Zabaleen, but we still love them), the Egyptian pig cull, and garbage piling up in the streets of Cairo. Michael Slackman writes:

It is unlikely anyone has ever come to [Cairo] and commented on how clean the streets are. But this litter-strewn metropolis is now wrestling with a garbage problem so severe it has managed to incite its weary residents and command the attention of the president.

For the full article, please click here.

Thank you, Michael, for your thorough and poignant report.