Duweiqa

Duweiqa residents protest to voice housing demands
Egypt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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