Marina of the Zabbaleen

Name: Marina of the Zabbaleen
Released: 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven-year-old Marina lives in the Cairo community of the Zabbaleen, who specialize in disposing and recycling the city's waste. Unfazed by the squalor -- and her mother's rent worries -- Marina turns her village into a fanciful dream world. In this detailed and absorbing portrait of the playful Marina and her family, director Engi Wassef casts a compassionate eye on Cairo's endangered Christian Coptic community.

Runtime: 0

Release date: 2009-01-01

<article> <figure> <img src="http://www.moviesom.com/resources/20150216211140social.jpg" title='Marina of the Zabbaleen' alt='Marina of the Zabbaleen'/> </figure> <h1>Marina of the Zabbaleen</h1> <p>Seven-year-old Marina lives in the Cairo community of the Zabbaleen, who specialize in disposing and recycling the city's waste. Unfazed by the squalor -- and her mother's rent worries -- Marina turns her village into a fanciful dream world. In this detailed and absorbing portrait of the playful Marina and her family, director Engi Wassef casts a compassionate eye on Cairo's endangered Christian Coptic community.</p> <details><summary>Runtime: 0</summary> <summary>Release date: 2009-01-01</summary></details> </article>