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Makary, Marty.
Subjects
Gobran, Maggie.
Stephen's Children (Organization)
Coptic Church -- Biography.
Nuns -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Biography.
Poor children -- Egypt -- Cairo.
Poverty -- Egypt -- Cairo.
Slums -- Egypt -- Cairo.
Cairo (Egypt) -- Social conditions.
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Makary, Marty.
Gobran, Maggie.
Stephen's Children (Organization)
Coptic Church -- Biography.
Nuns -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Biography.
Poor children -- Egypt -- Cairo.
Poverty -- Egypt -- Cairo.
Slums -- Egypt -- Cairo.
Cairo (Egypt) -- Social conditions.
MARC Display
Mama Maggie : the untold story of
one
woman
's
mission
to
love
the
forgotten
children
of Egypt'
s
garbage
slums
/ Marty Makary and Ellen Vaughn.
by
Makary, Marty.
Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2015]
Call #:
281.72092 G575m
Subjects
Gobran, Maggie.
Stephen's
Children
(Organization)
Coptic Church -- Biography.
Nuns --
Egypt
-- Cairo -- Biography.
Poor
children
--
Egypt
-- Cairo.
Poverty --
Egypt
-- Cairo.
Slums
--
Egypt
-- Cairo.
Cairo (
Egypt
) -- Social conditions.
ISBN:
9780718022037 (hc.)
0718022033 (hc.)
Alternate title:
One
woman
's
mission
to
love
the
forgotten
children
of Egypt'
s
garbage
slums
Description:
viii, 247 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill., portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"The authorized biography of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Maggie Gobran"--Cover.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographic references (pages 243-247).
Contents:
An angel in the dark -- Two women in the street -- Choosing to care -- Beginnings --
Garbage
people? -- The land beyond time -- Promotion -- Stephen's
children
-- I can! -- 3:00 a.m. -- Friends everywhere -- Metamorphosis -- "Interior fulfillment" -- The persistent Mr. Qiddees -- "The dead live better than we do" -- Slow going -- Pigs and politics -- The Mama Maggie cup -- The dark side and the light -- God'
s
athletes -- The next generation -- Lives touching lives -- Real
love
-- Mama Maggie in action: stop! -- Small girls, big dreams -- Flames and forgiveness -- Simple work, with great
love
-- A note from Marty Makary: beginnings.
Summary:
"Since 1997, Maggie Gobran, founder of the charity StephensChildren.org has been changing lives in Cairo'
s
notorious zabala, or
garbage
slums
. As the youngest daughter of an upper-middle-class family in Cairo'
s
Coptic Orthodox Christian community, Maggie grew up shielded from the realities of central Cairo'
s
squalid
slums
. As an adult, Maggie became a successful professional and a university professor of computer science. But she dreamt of reaching out to
children
in need. Maggie first experienced Cairo'
s
garbage
slums
through an annual Easter outreach aimed at distributing food and clothing to families. Maggie was gripped by the despair she saw, and haunted by the children'
s
hunger for
love
, acceptance, and value in society. She encouraged other committed Egyptian Christians to join her in meeting both short-term and long-term needs of the impoverished families in Cairo'
s
slums
. Her leadership has now guided Stephen's
Children
for almost 25 years. 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"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Biographies.
Other authors:
Vaughn, Ellen Santilli.
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