CAIRO, EGYPT - APRIL 20 : Ahmed Zaki, Yanli Cui and her daughter Ziqi Ai in El-Qanater El-Khairia on April 20, 2012 outside Cairo, Egypt.
El Kanater El Khairia is one of the major cities El Qalyubiya Governorate in the north of Cairo , where the Nile splits off into the Damietta and Rosetta (or Rashid) Branches , marking the beginning of the Nile Delta . It locates about 22km away from Cairo and is admired for the wide range of gardens , parks and agricultural area surrounding It .
Fubiao Ai, an agricultural engineer initially came to Egypt as part of an exchange program between the Chinese and Egyptian government to help improve irrigation methods in this region. He has since been living with his family in Egypt for over ten years, working as a independent mushroom farmer.