Urban Development Heritage in Cairo President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi inaugurated the newly renovated Sayyeda Nafissa mosque. The work is part of a project to renovate the holy places of Islam (Ahl al-Bayt) (see April 2022 press review) and, more broadly, historic Cairo. The mosque reopened to the public on August 10. One of the goals…
Appel à candidatures Préparateur de copie en langue française Date limite : 10 octobre 2023 A propos du CEDEJ Le Centre d’études et de documentation économiques, juridiques et sociales (CEDEJ) a été créé par l’accord de coopération franco-égyptien de 1968. Il est l’héritier de l’École française de Droit du Caire (1890-1956) dont il a conservé…
Urban Development Heritage in Historic Cairo The head of the Civilization Development Fund (صندوق التنمية الحضارية) announced that 100 billion EGP would be invested in renovating historic Cairo. The Information Committee on the situation of Cairo’s historic cemeteries has yet to present its findings. Meanwhile, demolition work continues. A MP also expressed concern about the transformation…
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Urban Development New Administrative Capital The Ministry of Manpower is now called the Ministry of Labor. It has announced its complete move to the New Administrative Capital. The Council of Ministers asked ministries to introduce financial incentives to encourage government employees to move to the New Administrative Capital. The housing allowance is EGP 4,000 for…
Open Tender for Website Design and Development Opening of the call for tender: July 16, 2023 Last date of submission: August 31, 2023 Announcement of result: September 15, 2023 Introduction The Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation (CEDEJ) is a multidisciplinary research center working on contemporary Egypt from within the…
Urban Development New Administrative Capital The transfer of government departments and agencies continues, bringing their number to fourteen. This is the case for the Ministry of Local Development and 600 of its employees. President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi emphasizes that this is also a way to modernize the state apparatus. The second phase of the transfer…
Urban Development Non-regulatory neighborhoods The State Land Recovery Committee has announced the 21st round of demolitions across the country to address the problem of informal settlements. It also announced an intensification of the controls on unregistered constructions. Members of parliament point out that the action of the State on this matter has seen an unprecedented…
[Conference] Urban Ecologies of the Lower Nile Valley June 12-13, 2023 ————————— A conference organized by the American University in Cairo and the Center for Economic,Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation and convened by Noura Wahby (AUC) and Pascal Menoret (CEDEJ) with the support of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and the French Institute in Egypt . Register…
محاضرات ميدان المنيرة Urban Ecologies in Egypt الطبيعة الحضرية في مصر June 11,2023 – 11 يونيو At the French Institute in Egypt – في المعهد الفرنسي بمصر المحاضرة مترجمة من الانجليزية إلى اللغة العربية Storytelling, Poetics, and Urban Political Ecology: An Elemental Geography of the City السرد و فن الشعر والايكولوجيا السياسية الحضرية: الجغرافيا…