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Christina Poletto
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October 14, 2009 • 3:48 pm PDT
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I had the pleasure of catching a screening of this documentary when I was recently in NYC. Marina of the Zabbaleen follows 7 yr old Marina, who lives with her family in the Muqattam garbage recycling village of Cairo, Egypt. While I wished the filmmakers expanded upon certain aspects - especially when it came to the recycling process, it's very eye opening and certainly worth checking out. http://www.marinathemovie.com/
abbaleen Way

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Tags: environment,; recycling,; marina,; zabbaleen,; muqattam

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