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Suspects deny role in Nile City towers violence
Egypt
August 4, 2012
Suspects deny role in Nile City towers violence
Cairo prosecutors ordered Friday the detention of 17 suspects in the Nile City towers violence for four days pending…
A class-based vacuum
Egypt
August 3, 2012
A class-based vacuum
Ever since the revolution forced the police from the streets, the country has been plagued by a security vacuum and,…
18 suspects arrested in Nile City violence, says Interior Ministry
Egypt
August 3, 2012
18 suspects arrested in Nile City violence, says Interior Ministry
The Interior Ministry issued a statement late Thursday saying that 18 suspects in the Nile City towers violence, near the…
Update: Gunfire, tear gas continue in Boulaq
Egypt
August 2, 2012
Update: Gunfire, tear gas continue in Boulaq
Violence continues in the Boulaq area this evening after clashes erupted outside the Nile City towers on Thursday afternoon, leaving…
Residents close Giza Governorate headquarters to protest water shortage
Egypt
July 21, 2012
Residents close Giza Governorate headquarters to protest water shortage
Dozens of Saft al-Laban, Boulaq, residents closed the Giza Governorate headquarters Saturday with metal chains, saying they would sit-in because…
Land rights, labor and violence in a Cairo slum
Egypt
July 15, 2012
Land rights, labor and violence in a Cairo slum
The death of five-year-old Amar Mohammed Salah as fire tore through his shack in Boulaq, a central-Cairo slum on 27…
Cairo’s central slum under threat
Egypt
July 5, 2012
Cairo’s central slum under threat
The contrast is stark. On the Nile waterfront, gleaming skyscrapers shoot into the sky, containing a mall stuffed with luxury…
‘Boulaq’ and ‘Downtown’: Two neighborhood portraits
Cinema/TV
March 27, 2012
‘Boulaq’ and ‘Downtown’: Two neighborhood portraits
Artwork produced in Cairo, regardless of who is making it — visiting artist or lifelong resident — tends often to…
Bulaq building collapses, families survive
Egypt
March 17, 2010
Bulaq building collapses, families survive
A five-story building of 15 apartments collapsed yesterday in Bulaq. The 13 families living in the building were all reportedly…