Bulldozers tear into Cairo’s historic Islamic cemeteries
Cairo, Egypt Reuters A project to expand roads and bridges to ease congestion in Cairo has put thousands of tombs in a vast and ancient Islamic cemetery under threat, causing outcry among conservationists and family members. Known as the City of the Dead, the cemeteries along the eastern edge of Historic Cairo have been a […]
Egypt: New bridge spells end to life in Old Cairo’s City of the Dead
The Thomson Reuters Foundation report on concerns over the impacts of a major bridge project in the sprawling Egyptian capital…
Living in uncertainty: Life stands still in Egypt’s City of the Dead as coronavirus fear spreads
MENNA A FAROUK, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Egypt on the plight of informal workers in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic…