{"id":68067,"date":"2025-04-22T17:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T15:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/cairo\/?p=68067"},"modified":"2025-04-22T17:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T15:31:11","slug":"egyptians-step-up-as-u-s-citizen-left-homeless-in-cairo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/cairo\/en\/news\/egyptians-step-up-as-u-s-citizen-left-homeless-in-cairo\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptians Step Up as U.S. Citizen Left Homeless in Cairo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Strangers with Big Hearts!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In the heart of Cairo, among the chaos, color, and kindness, an unexpected story has been unfolding \u2014 one that highlights the best of humanity, and the failures of bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Lee Poirier, an American citizen, has been homeless in Egypt for <strong>nine months<\/strong>. He originally arrived in the country in either 2020 or 2022, struggling with mental health challenges. When his bank card stopped working, his financial safety net disappeared overnight. A compassionate landlord supported him for several months, covering rent and trying to help him stay afloat. But eventually, that lifeline ran out.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Christopher has been living on the streets of Egypt \u2014 a foreign land, far from family, far from home.<\/p>\n<p>What makes this story remarkable is not just the heartbreak, but the hope.<\/p>\n<h2>Egyptians to the rescue<\/h2>\n<p>In the absence of help from his own government, it\u2019s been <strong>ordinary Egyptians<\/strong> who have stepped in \u2014 strangers who saw a fellow human in need and simply acted. They\u2019ve offered him food, clean clothes, safe places to sleep, and most importantly, a sense of dignity. Whether in Cairo\u2019s busy neighborhoods or in quieter corners of the city, people have responded not with judgment, but with open hearts.<\/p>\n<p>His family, desperate for answers, has reached out <strong>countless times<\/strong> to the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, hoping for action, or at the very least, acknowledgment. But so far, there\u2019s been nothing. No return calls. No follow-up. No plan.<\/p>\n<p>In any other situation, this might be considered a diplomatic oversight. But when someone is vulnerable, without shelter, and struggling with mental health \u2014 this silence feels devastating.<\/p>\n<p><em>The question now is simple:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why has an American citizen been left invisible by the very country meant to protect him?<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd equally: <strong>How is it that strangers in a foreign country have done more than his own government?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is not a political story. It\u2019s a human one.<br \/>\nAnd it reminds us all that compassion knows no borders.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher deserves to be seen.<br \/>\nHe deserves to be helped.<br \/>\nAnd until the right people listen \u2014 we\u2019ll keep sharing his story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strangers with Big Hearts! In the heart of Cairo, among the chaos, color, and kindness, an unexpected story has been unfolding \u2014 one that highlights the best of humanity, and the failures of bureaucracy. Christopher Lee Poirier, an American citizen, has been homeless in Egypt for nine months. 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