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Photos: ‘Isolation is harsher than the disease’ – A look inside an Egyptian Leprosy Colony
The leprosy colony in Abu Zaabal, Qalyubiya Governorate, is almost a century old. In that time it has received patients from all over Egypt – some who came voluntarily for treatment, while others were isolated forcibly to stop them from spreading the disease. All of them have stayed there until their last breath. A resident of the men’s ward The accounts of pain and suffering in this colony all share a common thread: the patients say they suffer more from stigma and isolation than they do the disease itself. It is these stories that reveal how misunderstandings about leprosy, and the cruel treatment of those suffering from it, has ostracized them from society and even their own families! Ove

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