CAIRO — Archaeologists and visitors of Cairo’s Mamluk Qarafa area — known as the City of the Dead — along Salah Salem Street took to social media July 20, calling on the government to stop the demolition of tombs to make way for a bridge-building project.
A picture of the decision approved by the Ministry of Housing, which funded and executed the Paradise Axis project, began circulating on social media, before it was deleted. According to the decision, the road, as per the report, passes through al-Ghafir cemetery, Mansheya Nasir and Duwaika area in Cairo.