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…
Call for applications English language copy editor Deadline: October 10, 2023 About CEDEJ The Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation (CEDEJ) was created in 1968 through an agreement between France and Egypt. The center is the heir of the French School of Law in Cairo (1890-1956), whose library it partly preserved.…
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…
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…
[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…
ABC:A lesson in History Tuesday 23 May 2023 11 AM – Cairo local time The CEDEJ invites you to a talk by Lara Baladi. Baladi will present her long-term research, Vox Populi (2011–ongoing) an archive and lexicon of iconography of global social movements. Lara Baladi is an Egyptian-Lebanese multi-disciplinary artist, archivist. Since2015, she has been a Lecturer at MIT’s Art, Culture, and Technology Program.
Urban Development Demolitions et reconstructions Demolitions of unregulated neighborhoods continue in the capital, including Ezbet Abu Qarn in Old Cairo where 15 buildings were demolished, and Mansheyyat Nasr where 185 buildings were destroyed. At the same time, alternative housing is being built in October Garden City for the inhabitants of Warraq Island. The Ministry of…
Hunger for the Desert: Food, Agri-Capitalism and the Environment in Egypt Roundtable convened and hosted by CEDEJ (Cairo, Egypt) 18 April 2023, 3-5pm Cairo time Invited speakers Marion Dixon, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Point Park University Yomna El Sharony, PhD Student in Sociology, Cornell University Jeannie Sowers, Professor of Political Sciences and International Affairs, University…
Urban Development Development of the city center The Higher Council for Urban Planning, composed of the Ministers of Defense, Culture, Tourism, Local Development, Environment and Planning, decided to redevelop several areas of the city center: the Corniche on the Nile in Shubra and Maadi, Ramses Square, and Dar al-Salam. Some people are concerned that this…