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video • 1 min read
Video | Never again
Mohamed Tarek | For years, private construction in Egypt has gone largely unchecked by government authorities.
26 October 2020
Ali Abdel Aal • 7 min read
‘The hall is not with you’: Speaker Abdel Aal battles internal opposition on multiple fronts
Amina Hussein and Rana Mamdouh | Egypt’s domineering speaker of parliament is facing stiff internal opposition on multiple fronts
11 July 2019
housing • 16 min read
An interview with UN special rapporteur Leilani Farha on Egypt’s approach to housing
Mostafa Mohie | Mada Masr sits down with UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha
12 October 2018
Asmarat • 21 min read
Asmarat: The state’s model housing for former ‘slum’ residents
Mostafa Mohie | The housing project doesn't feel like home to residents relocated from self-built housing areas
18 June 2018
privatization • 9 min read
What official statements on utility privatization are not saying
Waad Ahmed | Are Egypt's public utilities being privatized, despite government claims to the contrary?
8 December 2016
affordable housing • 9 min read
After weathering the revolution, Egypt’s real estate sector slows
Shahd Essam | For generations, Egyptians have prized real estate as the country’s safest and most desirable investment.
28 October 2015
forced evictions • 10 min read
The Maspero Triangle: Necessary demolition or forced eviction?
Mostafa Mohie | Residents of the Maspero Triangle could not imagine the impact the attack on the Italian Consulate on
28 July 2015
affordable housing • 15 min read
Egypt’s steep learning curve in national housing projects
Isabel Esterman | A week ago, at least one child was killed when security forces used explosives to demolish apartment
15 April 2014
agriculture • 6 min read
Murderers, thieves and conmen: The Maadi land controversy
Ali Abdel Mohsen | “Everything you see in front of you,” mutters Hajj Mohamed Abdel Raouf as he moves his finger across
10 April 2014
 
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Opinion
Yahia Shawkat
How rent could solve the housing problem
In a previous article I pointed out four main challenges for the housing minister in providing adequate
19 May 2014
Mohamed Gad
Arabtec project not on the house
Millions of Egyptians dream of affordable houses, and so does Arabtec. The United Arab Emitates-based
27 March 2014
 
 
News
housing • 6 min read
Government campaign to demolish informal buildings sparks anger
10 September 2020
Duweiqa • 5 min read
UN rights envoys condemn Egypt after ‘pattern of reprisals’
5 December 2018
affordable housing • 5 min read
Formal housing increasingly inaccessible as rent control phased out: Built Environment Observatory
22 February 2018
CAPMAS • 1 min read
Infographic: Facts and figures from CAPMAS’ 2017 census
1 October 2017
housing • 2 min read
Official: Egypt will have 90 million residents by next week
1 December 2015
commercial property • 2 min read
Govt. issues legal amendment to property taxes
2 June 2014
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