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Suspects deny role in Nile City towers violence
Egypt

Suspects deny role in Nile City towers violence

  Cairo prosecutors ordered Friday the detention of 17 suspects in the Nile City towers violence for four days pending…
A class-based vacuum
Egypt

A class-based vacuum

Ever since the revolution forced the police from the streets, the country has been plagued by a security vacuum and,…
18 suspects arrested in Nile City violence, says Interior Ministry
Egypt

18 suspects arrested in Nile City violence, says Interior Ministry

The Interior Ministry issued a statement late Thursday saying that 18 suspects in the Nile City towers violence, near the…
Update: Gunfire, tear gas continue in Boulaq
Egypt

Update: Gunfire, tear gas continue in Boulaq

Violence continues in the Boulaq area this evening after clashes erupted outside the Nile City towers on Thursday afternoon, leaving…
Residents close Giza Governorate headquarters to protest water shortage
Egypt

Residents close Giza Governorate headquarters to protest water shortage

Dozens of Saft al-Laban, Boulaq, residents closed the Giza Governorate headquarters Saturday with metal chains, saying they would sit-in because…
Land rights, labor and violence in a Cairo slum
Egypt

Land rights, labor and violence in a Cairo slum

The death of five-year-old Amar Mohammed Salah as fire tore through his shack in Boulaq, a central-Cairo slum on 27…
Cairo’s central slum under threat
Egypt

Cairo’s central slum under threat

The contrast is stark. On the Nile waterfront, gleaming skyscrapers shoot into the sky, containing a mall stuffed with luxury…
‘Boulaq’ and ‘Downtown’: Two neighborhood portraits
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‘Boulaq’ and ‘Downtown’: Two neighborhood portraits

Artwork produced in Cairo, regardless of who is making it — visiting artist or lifelong resident — tends often to…
Bulaq building collapses, families survive
Egypt

Bulaq building collapses, families survive

A five-story building of 15 apartments collapsed yesterday in Bulaq. The 13 families living in the building were all reportedly…
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