Mosad Shawki holds his granddaughter while ordering tea at a shop in Cairo, where he and his nephew Ramzi, next to him, are garbage collectors who raised pigs. (Asmaa Waguih / For The Times)
Shawki family members stand amid garbage, which provides their livelihood--and once fed their pigs, which numbered more than 100. (Asmaa Waguih / For The Times)
A boy from the Shawki family walks amid garbage near where the clan lives in Cairo. (Asmaa Waguih / For The Times)
Mosad Shawki walks with his granddaughter through their Cairo neighborhood, where he is a garbage collector. (Asmaa Waguih / For The Times)
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Mosad Shawki holds his granddaughter on a garbage-collecting vehicle in their neighborhood of Cairo. (Asmaa Waguih / For The Times)
