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CAIRO (AFP) – Residents of a Nile island in greater Cairo woke up in recent weeks to find officials taking measurements of their houses – a final step before enforcing demolition orders. Since then, people from Warraq – some of whom have been on the working-class, agricultural island for generations – have renewed efforts to […]
"Just give us a part of the island, even if it is behind a wall," one resident in his thirties told AFP, requesting anonymity due to security concerns. "We will not leave."
The years-long fight against the urbanisation of Warraq kicked off again
Residents of Warraq Island in greater Cairo woke up in recent weeks to find officials taking measurements of their houses – a final step before enforcing demolition orders
Nile islanders face eviction to make way for Egypt's latest grand plan