It is estimated that Greater Cairo has pushed 63% of its population –11 million citizens – into informal settlements. Past governmental and non-governmental efforts to deal with informal settlements have not produced any ...
Following the Arab Spring and specifically the January 25th 2011 revolution in Egypt, countries in the region continue to face turmoil economically, politically and at the security level. This has lead to great controversy ...
This is a study of the formation of a Mamluk street. The street in question is that leading first east and then south from the Bâb Zuwayla, the great southern gate of Fatimid al-Qâhira. Its initial stretches were known ...
Realizing the magnitude of informality as a façon-de-vie in Cairo as in other megacities, this research focuses on the urban poor in their attempts to provide a decent standard of living using their own efforts, within the ...
Egypt has been a receiver of refugees for years. Thus, it is important to realize that the reality of the refugee situation in Egypt creates a limbo state for both the refugee and the host community underprivileged members. ...
This thesis examines the development discourses of the household-economy and
related issues of power relations, and women's position by focusing on microcredit
projects implemented by NOOs targeting women in poor Cairo ...