The Challenges Facing Egypt´s Female Migrant Workers
(World News Egypt)

Safiya, 30, wakes up to the sound of her mother yelling, `Get up now or the car will leave without you.` A new morning brings with it the same misery: Safiya is one of thousands of migrant workers in rural Egypt who, driven by poverty to pick grapes during the harvest season, are forced to endure physical and psychological hardships to earn a living for themselves and their families. In the 1960s film based on Yusuf Idris` novel The Sinners, the character Aziza—played by Faten Hamama—is forced to work to feed her children and ailing husband. Aziza’s struggles are typical of real migrant workers, and although more than fifty years have passed, the film still has an enduring...