Coverage include peddlers, supermarket and pharmacy owners.

Among a group of 165 citizens who received compensation checks from the Ministry of Finance is Nadia Ahmed Mohammed, owner of Al-Baraka fi ...

Coverage include peddlers, supermarket and pharmacy owners. Among a group of 165 citizens who received compensation checks from the Ministry of Finance is Nadia Ahmed Mohammed, owner of Al-Baraka fi Allah stationery shop and minimarket. She is known to frequenters of Qasr Al-Eini Hospital, downtown Cairo, who buy consumables at her shop. Receiving a check of LE 2,800, she was in tears saying. “This is the first time we take money from the government.” On Feb. 14 her shop suffered a burglary. Consequently, she filed an application for damages with the Ministry of Finance under the government’s initiative to offer compensations to owners of establishments and vehicles damaged in the 25th January events. Similarly, in the same group of compensation beneficiaries, Bakr Talaat Mohammed, owner of a vehicle accessories shop at Bab Al-Shaariya, Cairo, whose shop was destroyed on Rage Friday, 28 January, received a check for LE 6,087. Mostafa Hashem Eid, owner of a clothes shop at Al-Zawya Al-Hamra, Cairo, which was set on fire as a result of an attack on the local police station, received LE 8,000 in compensation. Another beneficiary is Samya Mohammed Shalabi, owner of a clothes shop in Arcadia Mall, who received a check of LE 30,000. In addition, Mohammed Magdi Abdel Ghaffar, owner of a Cafeteria at Masr Al-Qadima district got LE 11,000 in compensation. Michael Mossa, owner of a pharmacy at Mansheyat Al-Gamal, at Al-Zawya Al-Hamra, obtained LE 6000 in compensation. Beneficiaries include others who run small shops or kiosks of sweets on the streets of Cairo, such as Mohyi Al-Deen Gad Al-Rab, or own small food carts, such as Sameer Khaleel Wessa, or are florists, or run popcorn machines and similar mini businesses; they are in dire need of these compensations to be able to resume their bread-winning jobs.