Al-Qarafa, the City of the Dead

Directed by Alessandro Molatore · Starring Shehab Ibrahim · 2009

In Cairo's vast four-mile City of the Dead, families live and work among the tombs of their ancestors. The film visits a reality that Egypt prefers to overlook.

A rare look at people living inside Cairo's ancient necropolis, told largely in their own words.

Al-Qarafa, known as the 'City of the Dead,' is a four-mile-long cemetery from the northern to the southern part of Cairo, Egypt's capital. It is the oldest Muslim cemetary in Egypt - a bustling grid of tombs and mausoleu

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