Desenvolvimentismo mais-que-tardio

The New York Times 08-10-2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/world/middleeast/egypt-new-administrative-capital.html
Sprawled across a patch of desert four times the size of Washington, D.C., a showy new capital is rising in Egypt, imperial in scale and style, embodying the grandiose ambitions of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and his mantle as the country’s unchallenged ruler.

The ministries area of Egypt’s new capital last month. Credit...Khaled Elfiqi/EPA/NYT via Shutterstock
Montagem: Àbeiradourbanismo

The new administrative capital just outside Cairo encompasses Africa’s tallest building, a crystal pyramid and a vast, disc-shaped palace for Mr. el-Sisi inspired by the symbols for an ancient Egyptian sun god. Six years in the making at an estimated cost of $59 billion, it is the grandest in a slew of megaprojects being built by a president determined to reshape Egypt.

Eight-lane highways swoop across the crumbling streets of Cairo, skirting ancient tombs and the pyramids of Giza. Giant bridges, freshly built, span the Nile. A new summer capital gleams on the Mediterranean coast, just outside the city of Alexandria. (..)

2022-10-12

Pesadillas urbanas - Cairo

From Jorge Ledezma's Translated Books
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=1463876903709702&set=a.2732323726865007

2020-08-24

Minhocão cairota

Arab News 13-05-2020, por Mohamed El-Shamaa

https://arab.news/cy3tj

This town ain’t big enough for both of us: New Cairo bridge 50cm from homes

Construction work on a bridge built a hairline away from residential apartment buildings in Cairo has sent social media abuzz. However, sources at the Ministry of Housing said that four buildings, which are ultra-close to Teraet Al-Zomor Bridge, were actually built in violation of the law.  

Teraet Al-Zomor Bridge

The bridge is located on an axis in the Giza governorate which passes through Nasr El-Din Street in Al-Haram in Cairo.

The sources said that a decision to demolish the buildings had been issued since the completion of the bridge, adding that Al-Zomor Bridge had met all required standards, and that the buildings were unlicensed and therefore the obstacle.

(..) The residents objected to the bridge’s construction because of its proximity, and also because the height of the bridge blocks the view of residents living on the first few floors.

The owner of one building affected by the bridge construction, Hazem Ezzat Qassem, called those who claimed that the buildings were unlicensed “liars.” He said the buildings were issued licenses from Al-Omranyea in 2008 permitting construction. (..)

2020-05-15