Being a widow or a mother of a child with special needs can often be a challenge. With no time to leave the house and look for a job away from their children, as well as the persisting issue of bringing home money to raise these children, life for these Egyptian mothers becomes a struggle of many sorts. In Egypt, increasing prices and a high inflation rate have left many families struggling to cope with an ongoing economic crisis. But widows, single mothers, and homes where mothers are the sole breadwinners, have been facing a struggle of a different kind. Through family relations and work, Jailan Ghubish, a mother of three, realized that there are many Egyptian mothers who need to work, but their circumstances do not allow them to, either because they need to spend time with their children, or because they are single parents. “Our main goal from starting this project was providing job opportunities for Egyptian mothers who need them,” Ghubish tells Egyptian Streets. Seeing the difference between “exaggerated prices” in Cairo, and the relatively lower prices in Beheira, Ghubish, along with her parents and in-laws, decided…
