hello, i too went to garbage city, randomly after arguing with my taxi-driver at the entrance of al azhar park, i met an american-iraqi who was installing solar panels made from recycled materials on the top of a garbage city school, where the students were recycling shampoo bottles in order to pay for teachers and materials. anyway, i was searching for information about zabileen, and came across your blog. nice. i'm writing an article too, wondering if it's true that 80% of cairo's garbage goes to zabileen to be recycled. i wonder if figures really even exist, but if you have any, i'd be pleased to know your sources. timtolka@yahoo.com, thanks. somehow, i wasn't so bothered by the stench in garbage city, perhaps i spent enough time in darb al ahmar, which is pretty rank, and it sent my olfactory sense into a semi-permanent stupor.