Debts closed in on Egypt man who died hanged in his jail cell

Shawadfi Mohamed had $5,000 worth of IOUs spread out for miles. In the stingy land of the Nile Delta, it was a sum impossible to make good on.

His mother visited him hours before he twisted the edges of his blanket into a rope.

from By Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times

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