The Egyptian king of clutter

There’s apparently something very Egyptian about hoarding useless clutter, or “karakib.” Most of us know someone who just can’t seem to let go of their karakib (or are that someone), but none outdo Hussein, an Egyptian journalist featured in a documentary by a television broadcaster based in Qatar. Hussein, who boasts a collection of 200 pens without ink and other trinkets that scream “karakib,” believes that Egyptians’ irrational attachment to their clutter is sometimes the result of poverty (watch, runtime 0:59).