Be like in the desert city. Urban centers created on a computer rows of uniform houses all erected in record time plan cities can be found around the world the modern prototype is brazils capital brasilia built on a towering plateau it was the late one nine hundred fifty s. Architectural megaproject. Sedona sent petersburg and manhattan all also conceived on a drawing board and now its egypts turn. Its fifty kilometers from cairos eastern edge through sandy deserts and blistering heat. On the horizon is the silhouette of a new mosque its egypts biggest with four massive minarets and a huge dome a gigantic building at the entrance to the new capital a city of soup. Privative. Apartment blocks for up to six Million People appear as if from nowhere investors sense big money. Mohamed comics and his companions want to invest a sizeable sum in the town houses villas and Office Buildings out on the desert sand. Not far away the new church the biggest in the middle east their tour of the new c
Be like in the desert city. Urban centers created on a computer rows of uniform houses all are acted in record time planned cities can be found around the world the modern prototype is brazils capital brasilia built on a towering plateau it was the late one nine hundred fifty s. Architectural megaproject. Barcelona sent petersburg and manhattan all also conceived on a drawing board and now its egypts turn. Its fifty kilometers from cairos eastern edge through sandy deserts and blistering heat. On the horizon is the somewhat of a new mosque its egypts biggest with four massive minarets and a huge dome a gigantic building at the entrance to the new capital a city of soup. Privative. Apartment blocks for up to six Million People appear as if from nowhere investors sense big money. Mohamed comics and his companions want to invest a sizeable sum in the town houses villas and Office Buildings out on the desert sand. Not far away the new church the biggest in the middle east their tour of the
Dominique theres no end of things to do in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. And me check out egypts future center of government the new capital what will life be like in the desert city. Urban centers created on a computer rows of uniform houses all erected in record time planted cities can be found around the world the modern prototype is brazils capital brasilia built on a towering plateau it was the late one nine hundred fifty s. Architectural megaproject. Sedona sent petersburg and manhattan all also conceived on a drawing board and now its egypts turn. Its fifty kilometers from cairos eastern edge through sandy deserts and blistering heat. On the horizon is the silhouette of a new mosque its egypts biggest with four massive minarets and a huge dome a gigantic building at the entrance to the new capital a city of superlatives. Apartment blocks for up to six Million People appear as if from nowhere investors sense big money. Mohamed comics and his companions want to invest a sizeab
that there are apartments for people on a limited budget here in the new capital. but we are helping these people by rebuilding their houses they don t like to move out of the neighborhoods where they live and grow up you. and see that with us in iraq. mohamed would certainly rather have stayed in the inner city minor renovation work in his old home would have been enough for him but the government wants to tear it down and rebuild and many people will end up paying a price for it. and wide around a billion people donate their time to volunteer work. like the red cross and greenpeace would be lost without it volunteers are also indispensable when it comes to rebuilding regions in the wake of natural disasters. a year ago hurricane maria devastated the small island of bimini county volunteers from around the world to
a cashier at the trip to his old neighborhood takes an hour and a half. and now he just works occasionally here in a smart painting houses. when we were in the center of town and now we re in a suburb it certainly makes a huge difference whether you live on the riverside or in the desert. the new apartment may be clean and modern but for mohamed s extended family it s awfully small they weren t allowed to bring their own furniture the new decor is more subdued. we don t hide shot i used to sit with my friends in cafes around the corner they don t have that here in a few people have to fend for themselves and if i want to watch a soccer game in a cafe i have to leave the district. and the new capital with all its prestigious mega projects may earn investors like mohamed khamis fantastic returns but will it also benefit cairo s poorest residents in the long term. i don t think