by Marty Makary
First published 2015
Maggie Gobran built a comfortable life as a marketing professional and college professor in Cairo. She had wealth, status, and security. Then she felt called to serve the zabala, the garbage slums where Cairo's poorest families live among mountains of refuse. Since 1997, Gobran has worked daily in these harsh conditions through her organization Stephen's Children. She traded her stylish clothes for simple white garments and walks through stinking trash piles to reach families others have forgotten. Her work has earned Nobel Prize nominations and international recognition, but she remains focused on the individuals she serves. Authors Martin Makary and Ellen Vaughn tell her complete story for the first time, from privileged childhood through successful business career to her transformation into the woman Egyptians call Mama Maggie. The book reveals how one person's decision to answer a spiritual calling created lasting change in one of the world's most challenging environments.
Genres: social-issues, non-fiction, biography-memoir, christian-living
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, spiritual-calling
Setting: Cairo, Egypt
Period: 1997
256 pages · Kindle Edition · Thomas Nelson