Duweiqa
Duweiqa residents protest to voice housing demands
Egypt
April 7, 2013
Duweiqa residents protest to voice housing demands
Scores of residents in housing units in Duweiqa protested outside the Cairo Governorate headquarters Sunday, demanding the title deeds for…
Years after deadly rockslide, Duweiqa residents still await relocation
Egypt
March 11, 2013
Years after deadly rockslide, Duweiqa residents still await relocation
Gamal Ramadan knocks against a bedroom wall and parts of it break off, setting free some cockroaches that were nesting…
Cairo official: Only deserving Duweiqa residents will get apartments
Egypt
October 1, 2012
Cairo official: Only deserving Duweiqa residents will get apartments
A governorate official said that residents of the informal Cairo neighborhood of Duweiqa will only be moved to 6th of…
Monday’s papers: Conflicting news reports abound
Egypt
October 1, 2012
Monday’s papers: Conflicting news reports abound
Depending on which newspaper one reads, Monday’s papers take the reader from a country on its way toward development with…
Five officials sentenced to prison over Duweiqa rockslide
Egypt
June 26, 2012
Five officials sentenced to prison over Duweiqa rockslide
A court sentenced five officials on Tuesday to prison for manslaughter in connection with a 2008 rockslide in the Duweiqa…
Verdict on Duweiqa rockslide disaster set for 26 June
Egypt
May 8, 2012
Verdict on Duweiqa rockslide disaster set for 26 June
The Gamaliya Misdemeanor Appeals Court has scheduled a verdict to be delivered on 26 June in the retrial of five…
1800 flats in 6th of October City stormed and occupied illegally
Egypt
October 25, 2011
1800 flats in 6th of October City stormed and occupied illegally
Organized groups on Monday stormed the National Project for Social Housing in 6th of October City and occupied 1800 flats…
Informal settlement dwellers evicted, despite housing promises
Egypt
July 31, 2011
Informal settlement dwellers evicted, despite housing promises
Two weeks after being forcibly evicted from public housing, a group of families of the Duweiqa neighborhood are still homeless.…
Rockslide scares residents in low-income area
Egypt
June 1, 2011
Rockslide scares residents in low-income area
A large rock sliding from its place caused Egyptian authorities on Wednesday to evacuate residents of Herafeein, a squatter settlement…
Egypt set to develop slums areas throughout the country
Egypt
December 15, 2010
Egypt set to develop slums areas throughout the country
The Egyptian government on Wednesday will examine plans to develop spontaneously constructed residential districts throughout the country.These squalid areas house…