During a presidential conference on 25 May, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi indicated that ongoing electricity cuts across the country are a necessary alternative to increasing power costs. "If the cost of electricity is one Egyptian Pound today, I would need to increase it to two or three Egyptian Pounds [to halt power cuts]," Al-Sisi
“The whole country will be bridges and buildings?” “Instead of exporting art, you want to destroy it?” These are only some of the questions to be heard in the Al Fakhareen neighborhood in Old Cairo. Once a hub for the artisan community, today, the area’s physical features are in danger of facing drastic change. On
Egypt’s Giza Zoo, and Orman botanical garden, are officially closed for renovation starting the 9th of July, according to a statement by the media adviser for the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Ahmed Ibrahim, on Sunday
The heart of Egypt’s capital is home to an immense wealth of historically significant monuments and districts – from the ruins of Al-Fustat, to the Cairo Citadel, and Mamluk palaces dating back to the thirteenth century. Just as monumental is the debate over the preservation of this heritage amidst rapid urban development. Over the past