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Mama Maggie the untold story of one woman's mission to love the forgotten children of Egypt's garbage slums

Since 1997, Maggie Gobran and her organization Stephen's Children have been changing lives in Cairo's notorious zabala, or garbage slums. Her innovative, transformational work has garnered worldwide fame and multiple Nobel Prize nominations. This book chronicles Mama Maggie's surprisi...

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Main Authors: Makary, Marty (Author), Vaughn, Ellen Santilli (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Nashville, Tennessee : Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2015]
Subjects:
Gobran, Maggie.
Nuns > Egypt > Cairo > Biography.
Poor children > Egypt > Cairo.
Poverty > Egypt > Cairo.
Summary: Since 1997, Maggie Gobran and her organization Stephen's Children have been changing lives in Cairo's notorious zabala, or garbage slums. Her innovative, transformational work has garnered worldwide fame and multiple Nobel Prize nominations. This book chronicles Mama Maggie's surprising pilgrimage from privileged child to stylish businesswoman to college professor pondering God's call to change.
Physical Description: viii, 247 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographic references (pages 243-247).
ISBN: 9780718022037
0718022033
Author Notes: Dr. Martin Makary is an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University and has written for several publications including The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and CNN.com. He is the author of Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care and Mama Maggie: The Untold Story of One Woman's Mission to Love the Forgotten Children of Egypt's Garbage Slums.

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