The Cry of Egypt’s Junk Collectors Reveals A Lot About Country
“Bekya! Bekya!” is a cry heard every day, all day on the streets of Cairo, Egypt.
Bekya is the call of the Egyptian junk collectors.
And the cries reveal a lot about Egypt’s economy.
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