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Assignment: The Families of Manshiyet Nasser

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08/07/2010

The Families of Manshiyet Nasser

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Life after a deadly rockslide in one of Cairo's biggest slums, Manshiyet Nasser.

Manshiyet Nasser is one of Cairo's biggest slums. In 2008 a massive rockslide swept away dozens of homes killing over 100 people. Assignment finds out what happened to the families in the area.

In September 2008 huge boulders rained down on the Manshiyet Nasser slum in Cairo. 

The slum had built up at the foot of the steep slopes of the Mokattam Hill in the centre of Cairo. At least 107 people died in the disaster but it is believed many more were buried beneath the rocks. 

In the wake of the disaster, the government promised to re-house people away from the danger of the rocks into modern homes. 

Two years on the re-housing policy has proved controversial and, according to the slum dwellers, inadequate.

For Assignment Catherine Miller spends time with families in Manshiyet Nasser.

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