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ELITE Vol.1, Issue 30, April 2021 Happy

Ramadan

"Needy or fraudulent!"
Bilal Gamal_ Third Level_ Political Science

The first thing that comes to your mind when you The first situation: “On a public transport, a
hear the word "beggar" is your imagination of young man in his thirties wears elegant clothes
someone reaching out his hand and asking for who does not suspect that he is begging, stands in

financial help from passers-by as a means of their front of the passengers, and begins his dramatic
sympathy, wearing shabby and torn clothes, his story, saying,“ My mother who is detained in the
features dominated by misery and distress, and his hospital needs a package of blood and does not
speech is often crudely. Indeed, this is the beggar, have the money to buy it, he asks people for
but in his traditional form.. financial help to be able to buy it, and it is
But in recent times, a modern pattern appeared in surprising that this young man repeated the same
beggary, contrary to the traditional pattern, namely, situation several times on different days. It is

the pattern of deceptive masked begging, where the clear that this is a profession that he depends on
features of beggars in the past became completely in bringing in money.
different from the features of beggars in the present.
The modern beggar has become elegant and tactful The second situation: "You are surprised by an
in dealing, and there are modern and innovative elegant young man who gets in your way and
tricks that are persuade the person to give them the begins his dramatic dialogue, saying," He was

money they are asking smoothly without suspecting fired from work and could not bring money to his
that they are fraudulent beggars. family and needs help, but it is also surprising
that after a few days have passed, you will be
Observers of these issues are well aware that most surprised by the same young man who gets in
beggars take beggary as a profession, and depend your way for the second time and tells the same
on it to collect money. And it is also clear that these story to you and ask for financial help. It is also
beggars do not work randomly, but rather belong to clear that his job is to beg.

systematic and organized gangs, all of them suffer
from the disease of "fetching money through
deception". They want to obtain the largest wealth
in the least time and in the easiest way.

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