There are beggars that live under tarps on the street in front of the mosque. Under tarps. When you drive on that road (which will rock you like a hurricane), between the hospital (don't seek treatment there) and the mosque, the beggars come up to your car and try to get money. Sometimes people do give as alms because they are in front of the mosque. I heard that Fridays some of the affluent mosque goers give food to the beggars, so maybe that's why they are there. It's so heart wrenching that it's not. Kind of like a baby that's so ugly it's cute. You just can't process how horrible what you're seeing is, so you place it in the "ok, so this is a thing" category.
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