Press Review City, Mobility, Environment – July 2023

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…

Press Review City, Mobility, Environment – June 2023

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

  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

 [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 | May 23 at 11am

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.

Roundtable: Hunger for the Desert | 18.04.23, 3-5pm

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…