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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.

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Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2015]

281.72092 G575m

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.

9780718022037 (hc.)

0718022033 (hc.)

Alternate title:

One woman's mission to love the forgotten children of Egypt's garbage slums

viii, 247 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill., portraits ; 24 cm.

"The authorized biography of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Maggie Gobran"--Cover.

Includes bibliographic references (pages 243-247).

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.

"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.

Vaughn, Ellen Santilli.

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