City of the dead
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City of the Dead (Qarafa, Arafa) is a cemetery in Cairo, Egypt. It is a four mile long cemetery located on the eastern side of Cairo. It is also home to nearly a million people, many of whom were forced from crowded ghettos in Cairo. Others came from the villages simply looking for work.
To the people of Cairo, and other Egyptians, it is simply the cemetery. It is a bustling grid of tombs and mausoleums where people live amongst their dead ancestors.
