CAIRO (AP) — An apartment building collapsed on Tuesday in Egypt ... a lack of maintenance are widespread in shantytowns, poor city neighborhoods and rural areas. The government has tried ...

Egypt has struggled to manage its high birth rate for decades. To ease overcrowding, President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi is ...

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Both volumes offer a broader perspective on the city’s streets and surviving medieval buildings. Together, they contribute to the ongoing debate about Cairo’s history and the future of its ...

Tucked away amid the modern urban area of Cairo lies one of the world's oldest Islamic cities, with its famous mosques, madrasas, hammams and fountains. Founded in the 10th century, it became the new ...

Today, Giza is a suburb of rapidly growing Cairo, the largest city in Africa and the fifth ... commissioned the building of his tomb at Giza. Some Egyptologists believe it took 10 years just ...

This neighborhood in southern Cairo is the oldest part of the city, with twisting alleyways and ancient churches that are several centuries older than the ornate mosques of Islamic Cairo.

Relieving Cairo and reducing overcrowding in the capital. Accelerating the digitalization of public administration. Creating a new economic hub in the Middle East. The Egyptian authorities are already ...