Photos: Egypt's New Capital-City Megaproject - The Atlantic
Aug 30, 2023 · First announced in 2015, Egypt’s new, as-yet-unnamed capital city has been under construction for years, at an estimated cost of more than $50 billion. Temporarily …
Egypt Announces Plans to Build New Capital - The Atlantic
Mar 15, 2015 · Egypt's New Potemkin Capital President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has announced plans to replace Cairo with a new city built to its east. But the money would be better spent elsewhere.
A New Capital in Egypt and Banking in Britain: The Week in Global ...
Apr 9, 2017 · Urban planner David Sims told the Wall Street Journal, ‘Egypt needs a new capital like a hole in the head.’ What the project has going for it is a president who likes to talk big.
Photos: The Building of Nusantara - The Atlantic
Aug 14, 2024 · The new city of Nusantara, on the island of Borneo, will replace Jakarta as the national capital, moving the seat of government about 800 miles away.
9 Faces of the New Egypt
Feb 13, 2012 · For the past several decades, Egypt has been a country of polarities; stark first-world wealth juxtaposed with, but never quite rubbing up against, grim third-world poverty.
This Is Africa's New Biggest City: Lagos, Nigeria, Population 21 ...
Jul 10, 2012 · The West African metropolis has surpassed Cairo in size, according to the New York Times. Lagos' infamous traffic flows over a bridge in the Ikoyi neighbourhood. (Reuters).
Egypt's New Constitution Is Ready for Morsi's Approval
Nov 30, 2012 · A key component to ending Morsi's executive decree that gives him near universal power in Egypt is almost ready for him to approve.
How Egypt Is Helping Iran to Circumvent Sanctions
Nov 15, 2010 · Egypt is expanding its financial ties with Iran through a jointly owned financial institution: the Misr Iran Development Bank. MIDB was founded in 1975, four years before …
New Egyptian President on the Possibility of Voting for a Christian
Jun 25, 2012 · I happened to interview, for last year's article, the man who is the new president of Egypt, the Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsy. Here is the relevant stretch of last year's cover story.
Egypt's Best Friends in D.C. - The Atlantic
Jul 8, 2017 · After footage leaked in April showing Egyptian military forces performing extrajudicial executions, Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee …