Will Egypt back off from the demolition of Cairo's historic Islamic cemeteries? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mohammed Magdy

Mohammed Magdy

Sep 2, 2023

A cemetery demolition amidst ongoing roadworks at the historic City of the Dead. — A worker, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, digs with a shovel during a cemetery demolition amidst ongoing roadworks at the historic City of the Dead necropolis of Egypt's capital Cairo on July 26, 2020. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images

CAIRO, EGYPT - DECEMBER 15: People walk through a street in the poor neighbourhood of the "City of the Dead" on December 14, 2016 in Cairo, Egypt. The "City of the Dead" houses more than half a million people living inside the graveyard. Since the 2011 Arab Spring, Egyptians have been facing a crisis, the uprising brought numerous political changes, but also economic turmoil, increased terror attacks and the unravelling of the once strong tourism sector. In recent weeks Egypt has again been hit by multiple

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This aerial view shows the City of the Dead (bottom L), near the Darassa district, Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 15, 2021.

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